rutting
Seasonal animal frenzy
Rutting is the mating season for deer and other hoofed animals, when males become aggressive, fight for dominance, and pursue females.
The rut brings dramatic behavioral changes—normally cautious bucks become reckless, crashing antlers and ignoring danger.
By extension, rutting describes any state of sexual frenzy or pursuit: He was like a rutting stag around her.
Adult male deer
- elkLarge North American cervid
- mooseLargest cervid, northern forests
- deerAntlered hoofed mammal
- bucksMale deer, or dollars
antlers · bellowing · grunting · bugling · sparring · clashing · charging · herd
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
- copulationSexual joining of bodies
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
- reproductionCopying or procreation
fertilization · conception · insemination · procreation · pairing · estrus · ovulation · fertility
Engaging in physical conflict
- clashingStriking with discord
- sparringPractice combat training
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- combatArmed hostile engagement
rivals · confrontation · injury · fury · charging · goring · trampling · posturing
Narrow carved channels
- channelsPaths for transmission
- potholesPavement depressions from wear
- depressionsSunken areas or downturns
- corrugationsSeries of parallel ridges
wear · erosion · damage · asphalt · gravel · mud · roadway · washboard
stags
Adult male deer
bucks · antlers · bellowing · grunting · bugling · sparring · clashing · charging · herd · velvet
breeding
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
- copulationSexual joining of bodies
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
reproduction · fertilization · conception · insemination · procreation · pairing · estrus · ovulation · fertility · gestation
fighting
Engaging in physical conflict
- clashingStriking with discord
- sparringPractice combat training
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
combat · rivals · confrontation · injury · fury · charging · goring · trampling · posturing · intimidation
grooves
Narrow carved channels
- channelsPaths for transmission
- potholesPavement depressions from wear
- depressionsSunken areas or downturns
corrugations · wear · erosion · damage · asphalt · gravel · mud · roadway · washboard
fuck
Coarse all-purpose profanity
bonk · romp · bang · plow · mounting · shagging · humping · crude · coarse · barnyard
autumn
Post-summer cooling period
September · cycle · annual · migration · synchronization · photoperiod · harvest · frost · cooling · timing
- deer huntingwhitetail, buck, hind, doe, red deer
- fictional cursesfrak, frack, frag, fragging, slag
- matingmating, breeding, courtship display, mating display, mating dance
- primal instinctsinstinct, primal, feral, savage, predator
- estrusestrus, breeding season, mating season, season, cycle
- road defectspothole, crack, cracking, heave, spalling
ruttingcelibate
Abstaining from sex
infertile · abstinent · non-breeding · quiescent · neutered
- rutting seasonMammalian breeding period