to run amok (amuck)
1amok, amuck — adv. to run amok, amuck …
2run amok — When things or people are running amok, they are wild and out of control.( Run amuck is also used.) …
3amuck — amok, amuck The word is normally used in the phrase to run amok/amuck, meaning ‘to run about wildly in a violent rage’, and is an extension of a particular meaning in Malay anthropology • (Edward now wore the manic look of some animal transferred …
4amok — amok, amuck The word is normally used in the phrase to run amok/amuck, meaning ‘to run about wildly in a violent rage’, and is an extension of a particular meaning in Malay anthropology • (Edward now wore the manic look of some animal transferred …
5amok — (adv.) in verbal phrase run amok first recorded 1670s, from Malay amuk attacking furiously. Earlier the word was used as a noun or adjective meaning a frenzied Malay, originally in the Portuguese form amouco or amuco. There are some of them [the… …
6amok — (also amuck) ► ADVERB (in phrase run amok) ▪ behave uncontrollably and disruptively. ORIGIN Malay, rushing in a frenzy …
7amok — I. noun or amuck Etymology: Malay amok Date: 1665 a murderous frenzy that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture II. adverb or amuck Date: 1672 1. in a murderously frenzied state 2 …
8amok — /əˈmʌk / (say uh muk), /əˈmɒk/ (say uh mok) noun 1. SE Asian English a person in a state of violent derangement. –phrase 2. run amok, a. to rush about in a murderous frenzy. b. to rush about wildly. Also, amuck. {Malay: fighting furiously (with… …
9amok — a|mok [əˈmɔk US əˈma:k] adv also amuck [Date: 1500 1600; : Mala] run amok a) to suddenly behave in a very violent and uncontrolled way ▪ Drunken troops ran amok in the town. b) to get out of control and cause a lot of problems ▪ an age in which… …
10amok — adv. (also amuck) Phrases and idioms: run amok run about wildly in an uncontrollable violent rage. Etymology: Malay amok rushing in a frenzy …
