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amok
[ uh-muhk, uh-mok ]
noun
- (among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder.
adjective
amok
/ əˈmʌk; əˈmɒk; əˈmʌk /
noun
- a state of murderous frenzy, originally observed among Malays
adverb
- run amokto run about with or as if with a frenzied desire to kill
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of amok1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of amok1
Idioms and Phrases
- run / go amok. amuck ( def 3 ).
Example Sentences
County sheriffs for the decades is the stream of allegations about tattooed internal gangs running amok at certain stations.
Republicans who have seized on the issue portray it as a deeply unfair example of “woke†politics run amok.
There was applause, tears, children running amok and flowers being thrown in the air.
“We have a bird flu outbreak. It’s running amok among dairy cattle and herds which are largely in the Central Valley,†said Hurtado.
Genge, motivated by a desire to prove himself against Bristol's private school players, turned out for the unheralded opposition and ran amok.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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