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a⋅muck

  [uh-muhk] adverb
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–adjective
1. mad with murderous frenzy.
–noun
2. amok.
—Idiom
3. run or go amuck,
a. to rush about in a murderous frenzy: The maniac ran amuck in the crowd, shooting at random.
b. to rush about wildly; lose self-control: When the nightclub caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exits.
Origin:
1510–20; var. of amok

a⋅mok

  [uh-muhk, uh-mok]
–noun
1. (among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
–adjective
2. amuck.
—Idiom
3. run or go amok. amuck (def. 3).
Also, amuck.

Origin:
1865–70; < Malay amuk
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a·muck   (ə-mŭk')   
adv.  
  1. In a frenzy to do violence or kill: rioters running amuck in the streets.
  2. In or into a jumbled or confused state: The plans went amuck.
  3. In or into an uncontrolled state or a state of extreme activity: "This jam-packed area of Honolulu has come to stand for tourist development run amok" (Ila Stanger).
adj.  Crazed with murderous frenzy: amuck troops.

[Malay amok.]
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Amuck

A*muck"\ ([.a]*m[u^]k"), a. & adv. [Malay amoq furious.] In a frenzied and reckless manner.

To run amuck, to rush out in a state of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of "bhang," and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately.

Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. --Pope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : amuck
Spanish: enloquecer, mostrarse violentoenloquecer, mostrarse violento,
German: Amok laufen,
Japanese: 暴れ狂って
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Main Entry: amuck
variant of AMOK
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