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amuck

[ uh-muhk ]

adjective

  1. mad with murderous frenzy.


noun

amuck

/ əˈmʌk /

noun

  1. a variant of amok
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of amuck1

First recorded in 1510–20; variant of amok
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. run / go amuck,
    1. to rush about in a murderous frenzy:

      The maniac ran amuck in the crowd, shooting at random.

    2. to rush about wildly; lose self-control:

      When the nightclub caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exits.

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Example Sentences

I learned to swing an axe by cutting down saplings, and ran "amuck" among them just as my elders did among the larger trees.

The elephant was not running amuck, though he might eventually work himself into that blind ungovernable rage.

As a wild beast is tied to keep it from running amuck, so the Law bridles mad and furious man to keep him from running wild.

His men were hoisting aboard the three dripping, sputtering passengers who had run amuck.

Here they were back in civilization, and her man of the woods was straightway running amuck.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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