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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Run Amuck (See Amuck .) "It was like a Malay running amuck, only with A more deadly weapon."- The Times. "Frontless and satire-proof he scours the streets, And runs an Indian-muck at all he meets." Dryden: The Hind and the Panther. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attack | Lay about one, run amuck. |
Excitability | Lose one's temper; break out, burst out, fly out; go off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, fly off the handle, lose one's cool; explode, flare up, flame up, fire up, burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn; boil, boil over; foam, fume, rage, rave, rant, tear; go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics; run riot, run amuck; battre la campagne, faire le diable a quatre, play the deuce. |
Killing | Give no quarter, pour out blood like water; decimate; run amuck; wade knee deep in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood. |
Violence | Verb: be -violent; Adjective: run high; ferment, effervesce; romp, rampage, go on a rampage; run wild, run amuck, run riot; break the peace; rush, tear; rush headlong, rush foremost; raise a storm, make a riot; rough house; riot, storm; wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod; spread like wildfire. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: RUN AMUCK |
| English words defined with "RUN AMUCK": To run amuck. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "RUN AMUCK": To run amuck. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "RUN AMUCK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lëshohem si i çmendur (run amok), bëhem i padrejtur (run amok). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вилнея (ballyrag, rage, ramp, rampage, rave, run amok, run wild, stalk), обезумявам (go crazy, run amok), беснея (foam, rage, raise cain, ramp, rave, run amok, storm), побеснявам (become furious, get into a wax, go mad, grow rabid, hit the ceiling, run amok). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dostat záchvat amoku (run amok), být stižen amokem (run amok), bìžet amokem (run amok). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | at gaa amok (androphonomania, homicidal mania). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uit zýn vel springen, moordzucht (androphonomania, homicidal mania), androphonomania (androphonomania, homicidal mania), androfonomanie (androphonomania, homicidal mania), amok maken, amok (amuck, fierceness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | furiozegiĝi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | amok, état crépusculaire avec impulsions homicides. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Androphonomanie (androphonomania, homicidal mania), Amoklaufen (androphonomania, homicidal mania), amok laufen (run amok). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανδροφονομανία (androphonomania, homicidal mania), αμόκ (amok, amuck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elvakultan garázdálkodik (run amok), ámokfutóvá tesz (run amok). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menggelap (disapper in dark, turn dark), amuk (go berserk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | androfonomania (androphonomania, homicidal mania), amok (androphonomania, homicidal mania). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 狂い回る (to rave, to run amuck), 暴れ狂う (to rage, to run amuck, to tear around). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くるいまわる (to rave, to run amuck), あばれくるう (to rage, to run amuck, to tear around). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | unray amuckay ter acesso de raiva (run amok), enlouquecer (craze, dement, derange, go mad, mad, madden, run amok, run mad), androfonomania (androphonomania, homicidal mania). (various references) обезуметь (run amok, see red), набрасываться (pounce, run amok). (various references) razbesniti se (amok: run amok, amuck: run amuck), podivljati (amok: run amok, amuck: run amuck, drive wild, savage). (various references) volverse loco (go berserk, go mad, go round the bend, run amok, run mad), amok (androphonomania, homicidal mania). (various references) löpa amok (amuck, run amok). (various references) gözü dönüp saldırmak (run amok), etrafa saldırmak (lash about, lash out, run amok), öldürmek için saldırmak (run amok). (various references) шаленіти (fall into a rage, rage, run amok, tear), несамовито накидатися (run amok), бігти нестямно (run amok). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-k-m-n-r-u-u" | |
-3 letters: amuck, aurum, crank, knaur, unarm. | |
-4 letters: arum, cark, carn, cram, curn, karn, knar, knur, kuna, kuru, mack, marc, mark, maun, muck, mura, murk, narc, nark, rack, rank, ruck, unau. | |
-5 letters: amu, arc, ark, arm, auk, cam, can, car, cum, cur, mac, man, mar, mun, nam, ram, ran, rum, run, urn. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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