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Definition of Amuck

1. Adverb. Wildly; without self-control. "When the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit"

2. Adjective. Frenzied as if possessed by a demon. "A berserk worker smashing windows"

3. Adverb. In a murderous frenzy. "Rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones"

Definition of Amuck

1. a. & adv. In a frenzied and reckless manner.

Definition of Amuck

1. Adverb. In a frantic or frenzied and violent manner; in a confused, jumbled or uncontrolled state. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amuck

1. amok [n -S] - See also: amok

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amuck

amrits amrubicin amsacrine amscray amsinckias amstallite amthamine amtman amtmans amtrac

amtrack amtracks amtracs amtraks amu amuck (current term) amucks amulet amuletic amuletlike

amulets amulette amulettes amurca amurcas amurcous amurensin amus amusable amuse

Literary usage of Amuck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The act of running amuck is probably due to causes over which the culprit ... Thus, in 1634, the eldest son of the raja of Jodhpur ran amuck at the court of ..."

2. Russia's Railway Advance Into Central Asia by Dobson, George (1890)
"... Circassian Dick Turpin—Circassians running amuck—Unbridled temper of the natives—Insignificant religious antagonism—The Russian's faculty of identifying ..."

3. Conquering the Wilderness, Or, New Pictorial History of the Life and Times by Frank Triplett, Thomas Nast, Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1888)
"... GENERALSHIP CONSPIRACY AGAINST HIM THE CROW MEDICINE MAN THE SUMMONS PREPARES FOR DEATH RUNS amuck DIES LIKE A WARRIOR OLD JO JEWETT'S STORY WILLIAMS' ..."

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