Amuck
/əˈmʌk/ adv, noun
adv, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of amok. alt-of, alternative
Adjective
- 1 wildly frenzied and out of control wordnet
Adverb
- 1 Alternative form of amok. alt-of, alternative
"when, like the inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, they ran amuck, and made it their habit to destroy life[…]"
Adverb
- 1 in a murderous frenzy wordnet
- 2 wildly; without self-control wordnet
Example
More examples"when, like the inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, they ran amuck, and made it their habit to destroy life[…]"