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amuck

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Noun, Adverb

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective amuck has 1 sense

amuck(s = adj.all) amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed - frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows"

Adverbial amuck has 2 senses

amuck(r = adv.all) amok - wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit"
amuck(r = adv.all) amok, murderously - in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

amuck, a. & adv. [Malay amoq furious.].

In a frenzied and reckless manner. [1913 Webster]

"Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet." [1913 Webster]

To run amuck, to rush out in a state of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of “bhang,” and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

amuck, var. of AMOK.

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