amok:
31amok — [17] Amok is Malayan in origin, where it is an adjective, amoq, meaning ‘fighting frenziedly’. Its first brief brush with English actually came in the early 16th century, via Portuguese, which had adopted it as a noun, amouco, signifying a… …
32amok — [[t]əmʌ̱k, əmɒ̱k[/t]] PHRASE: V inflects If a person, animal, or machine runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way. A soldier was arrested after running amok with a vehicle through Berlin …
33amok — (ah MOK) [Malay] In parts of Southeast Asia, a psychic disorder in which depression is followed by frenzied or murderous behavior; used in the phrase “to run amok.” Against a relatively tame attack Lara ran amok, hitting 111 and South… …
34amok — [ə mɒk] (also amuck) adverb (in phr. run amok) behave uncontrollably and disruptively. Origin C17: via Port. amouco, from Malay amok rushing in a frenzy …
35amok — also amuck adverb run amok to suddenly behave in a very violent and uncontrolled way: Gunman runs amok in Shopping Mall …
36amok — /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… …
37Amok — der Amok (Aufbaustufe) extremer psychischer Zustand, der durch Unzurechnungsfähigkeit gekennzeichnet ist Beispiel: Der Mann lief Amok und schoss blindlings herum …
38amok — [17] Amok is Malayan in origin, where it is an adjective, amoq, meaning ‘fighting frenziedly’. Its first brief brush with English actually came in the early 16th century, via Portuguese, which had adopted it as a noun, amouco, signifying a… …
39amok — adv. (also amuck) Phrases and idioms: run amok run about wildly in an uncontrollable violent rage. Etymology: Malay amok rushing in a frenzy …
40amok — /euh muk , euh mok /, n. 1. (among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder. adv. 2. run or go amok. See amuck (def. 1). adj. 3. amuck. Also, amuck. [1865… …
