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amoking

amoking is the present participle and gerund of amok.

Meaning of amok

Verb

amok (third-person singular simple present amoks, present participle amoking, simple past and past participle amoked)

  1. Synonym of run amok.
    • The Rájá not listening to this language, again tried to kill Gumpar with a spear, and all his people assisted in thrusting and cutting at him; there was a great hubbub, and people outside of the fort were astonished to learn that there was amoking within it.1849, James Low, “A Translation of the Keddah Annals Termed Marong Mahawangsa; and Sketches of the Ancient Condition of Some of the Nations of Eastern Asia, with References to the Malays”, in J. R....
    Synonyms:
    run amok

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Questions about amoking

What is amoking the present participle and gerund of?
Amoking is the present participle and gerund of amok.

Words near amoking in the dictionary

  1. AMOGs
  2. amogus
  3. amoguses
  4. amok
  5. amoked
  6. amoking
  7. amokoscisia
  8. amoks
  9. amokura
  10. amokuras
  11. amol

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