- amok, amuck
adv. to run amok, amuck
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
amok, amuck
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amuck — amok, amuck The word is normally used in the phrase to run amok/amuck, meaning ‘to run about wildly in a violent rage’, and is an extension of a particular meaning in Malay anthropology • (Edward now wore the manic look of some animal transferred … Modern English usage
amok — amok, amuck The word is normally used in the phrase to run amok/amuck, meaning ‘to run about wildly in a violent rage’, and is an extension of a particular meaning in Malay anthropology • (Edward now wore the manic look of some animal transferred … Modern English usage
Amok — Sm (besonders in Amok laufen blindwütend herumrennen und Leute ermorden ) erw. exot. ass. (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Malayisches Wort und malayischer Brauch: Die Betreffenden versetzen sich aus Rach oder Ruhmsucht in Opiumrausch und fallen dann mit… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
amuck — var. of AMOK. * * * ↑amok variant spelling of ↑amok * * * amuck var. of amok … Useful english dictionary
amok — I amok, amuck (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. in a frenzied or berserk manner; running wild. See excitability. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective See amuck … English dictionary for students
amuck — I amok, amuck (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. in a frenzied or berserk manner; running wild. See excitability. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) adv. berserk, wild, violent. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) also amok adjective Out of control … English dictionary for students
amok — [ amɔk ] n. m. • 1830 faire amok; 1648 amoque; malais amuk ♦ Forme de folie homicide observée chez les Malais; individu qui en est atteint. « l amok dès qu il a vu le sang couler, n épargnera personne » (Fauconnier). ● amok nom masculin (anglais… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Amok — laufen: in blinder Wut umherlaufen (und töten). Der Ausdruck kommt von malaiisch ›amuk, amok‹: Wut. Auf den malaiischen Inseln wurde bei Eingeborenen eine Art wütende Geistesgestörtheit beobachtet, die mit einem Mordtrieb einhergeht: der… … Das Wörterbuch der Idiome
Amok (disambiguation) — Amok may refer to: *Running amok, or running amuck , a state of mind characterised by uncontrolled, murderous violence *Amok Entertainment, a publisher of video and computer games based in New York * Amok Trei (Fish Amok), a Cambodian dish,… … Wikipedia
amok — (adv.) in verbal phrase run amok first recorded 1670s, from Malay amuk attacking furiously. Earlier the word was used as a noun or adjective meaning a frenzied Malay, originally in the Portuguese form amouco or amuco. There are some of them [the… … Etymology dictionary
