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amuck

/əˈmʌk/

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Ireland/əˈmʊk/

amuck is the alternative form 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 amuck

pluralamucks

Words formed from amuck

Phrases with amuck

Words that rhyme with amuck

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Questions about amuck

What is amuck the alternative form of?
Amuck is the alternative form of amok.
How do you pronounce amuck?
Amuck is pronounced /əˈmʌk/.

Words near amuck in the dictionary

  1. Amu Dar'ya
  2. Amu Darya
  3. Amu River
  4. Amu-Darya
  5. Amucao
  6. amuck
  7. amucks
  8. amud
  9. Amudarya
  10. amugis
  11. amuguis

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