rutted

UK: /ˈrʌtɪd/

From the verb rut: (⇒ conjugate)

rutted is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

rut¹ /rʌt/   n., v., rut•ted, rut•ting. 
n. [countable]

1. a narrow, deep track in the ground, esp. one made by vehicles.
2. a fixed way of proceeding, usually dull or unpromising:
   to fall into a rut with his job.

v. [~ + object* usually: be + ~-ed]

3. to make a rut or ruts in:
   The road was badly rutted.

rut•ty, adj., -ti•er, -ti•est. 

rut² /rʌt/   n., v., rut•ted, rut•ting. 
n. [countable* usually singular]

1. Animal Husbandry the period of year or time when deer, goats, etc., are sexually excited.

v. [no object]

2. Animal Husbandry to be in the condition of rut.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

rut¹ (rut),  n., v., rut•ted, rut•ting. 

n. 

1. a furrow or track in the ground, esp. one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
2. any furrow, groove, etc.
3. a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usually dull or unpromising:
   to fall into a rut.

v.t. 

4. to make a rut or ruts in;
   furrow.

• perh. variant of route 1570–80

rut² (rut),  n., v., rut•ted, rut•ting. 

n. 

1. Animal Husbandry the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.

v.i. 

2. Animal Husbandry to be in the condition of rut.

• Late Latin rugītus a roaring, equivalent. to Latin rugī(re) to roar + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action
• Middle French rut, ruit
• late Middle English rutte 1375–1425

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

rut / rʌt/ noun

1. a groove or furrow in a soft road, caused by wheels
2. a narrow or predictable way of life, set of attitudes, etc; dreary or undeviating routine (esp in the phrase in a rut)

verb (ruts, rutting, rutted)

1. (transitive) to make a rut or ruts in

Etymology: 16th Century: probably from French route road

rut / rʌt/ noun

1. a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females
2. another name for oestrus

verb (ruts, rutting, rutted)

1. (intransitive) (of male ruminants) to be in a period of sexual excitement and activity

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French rut noise, roar, from Latin rugītus, from rugīre to roar