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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•muck or amok/əˈmʌk/USA pronunciation adj. - mad with a wild frenzy:[be + ~]was amuck with rage.
adv., Idiom. - Idioms run or go amuck or amok, [no object] to go or rush about wildly;
be out of control:The mob had run amuck.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•muck (ə muk′),USA pronunciation adv. - run or go amuck:
- to rush about in a murderous frenzy:The maniac ran amuck in the crowd, shooting at random.
- to rush about wildly;
lose self-control:When the nightclub caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exits.
adj. - mad with murderous frenzy.
n. - amok.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: amuck /əˈmʌk/ n , adv - a variant of amok
a•mok /əˈmʌk, əˈmɑk/USA pronunciation adj., adv. - amuck.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•mok (ə muk′, ə mok′),USA pronunciation n. - Psychiatry(among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
adv. - run or go amok. See amuck (def. 1).
adj. - amuck.
Also, amuck. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: amok /əˈmʌk; əˈmɒk/, amuck /əˈmʌk/ n - a state of murderous frenzy, originally observed among Malays
adv - run amok ⇒ to run about with or as if with a frenzied desire to kill
Etymology: 17th Century: from Malay amoq furious assault |