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The Meaning of amok

  • (adjective satellite) frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows"
  • (adverb) in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones"
  • (adverb) wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit"

Synonyms

amuck , berserk , demoniac , demoniacal , possessed , amuck , amuck , murderously

Homophones

amuck

Rhymes

amuck , bruck , buc , buck , canuck , chuck , chuck-a-luck , cluck , cruck , druck , duc , duck , duk , dumbstruck , fluck , fuck , gluck , guck , huck , hucke , kluck , kruck , kruk , kuc , kuck , kuk , luck , lucke , luk , megabuck , moonstruck , muck , pluck , potluck , puck , roebuck , ruck , schmuck , schuch , schuck , sculk , shuck , smuck , snuck , starstruck , struck , stuck , stucke , suck , suk , thunderstruck , truck , tuck , tuque , unstuck , wnuk , woodchuck , wruck , yuck , yuk , zuck , zuk