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Antonyms for rutting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ruht
Phonetic Transcription : rÊŒt

Definition of rutting

Origin :
  • "narrow track worn or cut in the ground," 1570s, probably from Middle English route (see route (n.)); though OED finds this "improbable." Metaphoric meaning "narrow, monotonous routine; habitual mode of behavior" first attested 1839.
  • As in indent : verb make a space; push in slightly
  • As in hollow : verb empty out; make concave
Example sentences :
  • It was the rutting season and the buck was in a fighting mood.
  • Extract from : « The Black Buccaneer » by Stephen W. Meader
  • This comes of rutting; Are we made stales to one another?Din.
  • Extract from : « The Little French Lawyer » by Francis Beaumont
  • The rutting season is said to continue through October into November.
  • Extract from : « The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin » by Francis Harper
  • He tore along as a beast does in the rutting season, from its mad desire to be alone.
  • Extract from : « King of Camargue » by Jean Aicard
  • It was true that the rutting season had not, in reality, commenced.
  • Extract from : « The Strength of the Pines » by Edison Marshall
  • It was scarce daylight when I took my weapons and went to pay another visit to the rutting stags, John accompanying me.
  • Extract from : « The Backwoodsman » by Various
  • Most guides claim that during the rutting season the bulls have a wide range, but that the cows remain in one neighborhood.
  • Extract from : « Habits, Haunts and Anecdotes of the Moose and Illustrations from Life » by Burt Jones
  • Bucks in the rutting season sometimes seem to go crazy, and often they attack men, wantonly and dangerously.
  • Extract from : « Our Vanishing Wild Life » by William T. Hornaday
  • The meat of the cows is considered more delicate than that of the bulls, especially in the rutting season.
  • Extract from : « The Red Track » by Gustave Aimard
  • Damon and Pythias were known as such because, except during the rutting season, they were never far apart.
  • Extract from : « Double Challenge » by James Arthur Kjelgaard

Synonyms for rutting

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