rutting

Verb (1)

rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)

1. (intransitive) To be in the annual rut or mating season.

   Synonyms:

   blissom, brim, bull, oestruate

2. (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
   • “Well, Mayella was raisin‘ this holy racket so I dropped m’load and run as fast as I could but I run into th’ fence, but when I got distangled I run up to th‘ window and I seen—” Mr. Ewell’s face grew scarlet. He stood up and pointed his finger at Tom Robinson. “—I seen that black nigger yonder...1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   do it, get some, have sex, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex

3. (rare, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
   • “Alfred,” Ragnar continued scathingly. “All he cares about is rutting girls, which is good![…]”2004, Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom

   Synonyms:

   coitize, go to bed with, sleep with, Formal terms, bed, coit, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto

4. (intransitive, slang) To rub the genitals against something for physical stimulation.
   • Near-synonym: hump

   Synonyms:

   hump

Verb (2)

rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)

1. (transitive) To make a furrow.

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