(run) amok
11run amok — verb To go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage …
12amok — run amok …
13amok — 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 …
14amok — [ə muk′, əmäk′] adj., adv. [< Malay amuk, attacking furiously, ult. < Old Javanese] in a frenzy; in a violent rage run amok or go amok 1. to rush about in a frenzy to kill 2. to lose control of oneself and behave outrageously or violently 3 …
15amok — (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… …
16amok — (also amuck) ► ADVERB (in phrase run amok) ▪ behave uncontrollably and disruptively. ORIGIN Malay, rushing in a frenzy …
17RUN (magazine) — RUN was an American computer magazine published monthly by IDGE Communications with its first issue debuting in January 1984. Bi monthly publishing began in June/July 1990 (issue #78, volume 7 number 6), and went on until the magazine folded in… …
18run — [[t]rʌ̱n[/t]] ♦ runs, running, ran (The form run is used in the present tense and is also the past participle of the verb.) 1) VERB When you run, you move more quickly than when you walk, for example because you are in a hurry to get somewhere,… …
19run — 1 /rVn/ verb past tense ran past participle run present participle running MOVE QUICKLY ON FOOT 1 (I) to move quickly on foot by moving your legs more quickly than when you are walking: I had to run to catch the bus. | Two youths were killed when …
20amok — 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 …
