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amock

amock is the obsolete spelling of amok.

Meaning of amok

Adverb

amok (comparative more amok, superlative most amok)

  1. Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
  2. In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.
    • It is true, I […] might have run “amok” against society; but I preferred that society should run “amok” against me, it being the desperate party.1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “The Village”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 186

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Forms of amock

Adverb
comparativemore amock
superlativemost amock
Noun
pluralamocks

Questions about amock

What is amock the obsolete spelling of?
Amock is the obsolete spelling of amok.

Words near amock in the dictionary

  1. amobers
  2. amobyr
  3. amobyrs
  4. AMOC
  5. amocarzine
  6. amock
  7. amocks
  8. amodal
  9. amodally
  10. Amodeo
  11. Amodeos

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