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rut1 (rŭt)

[Possibly alteration of route.]

noun 

  1. A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.
  2. A fixed, usually boring routine.

transitive verb: rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts. 

To furrow.
rut2 (rŭt)

[Middle English rutte, from Old French rut, from Vulgar Latin* rūgitus, from * rūgere, to roar, from Latin rūgīre, to roar.]

noun 

  1. An annually recurring condition or period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in male deer.
  2. A condition or period of mammalian sexual activity, such as estrus.

intransitive verb: rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts. 

To be in rut.