rut
noun
[ rʌt ]
• a long deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles.
• "a stretch of road made impassable by ruts, holes, or waterlogging"
Similar:
wheel track,
furrow,
groove,
track,
trough,
ditch,
trench,
gutter,
gouge,
crack,
hollow,
hole,
pothole,
cavity,
crater,
• a habit or pattern of behaviour that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change.
• "the EC was stuck in a rut and was losing its direction"
Similar:
boring routine,
humdrum existence,
routine job,
same old round,
groove,
grind,
daily grind,
treadmill,
dead end,
assembly line,
Origin:
late 16th century: probably from Old French rute (see route).
rut
noun
• an annual period of sexual activity in deer and some other mammals, during which the males fight each other for access to the females.
• "a moose in rut"
rut
verb
• (of a deer or other mammal) engage in the rut or annual period of sexual activity.
• "researchers say the deer are rutting earlier"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rugitus, from rugire ‘to roar’.
