| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| amuck |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·muck |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -m k |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also a·mok ( -mk, -m k) |
| ADVERB: | 1. In a frenzy to do violence or kill: rioters running amuck in the streets. 2. In or into a jumbled or confused state: The plans went amuck. 3. In or into a uncontrolled state or a state of extreme activity: “This jam-packed area of Honolulu has come to stand for tourist development run amok” (Ila Stanger, Travel and Leisure November 1990). | | ADJECTIVE: | Crazed with murderous frenzy: amuck troops. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Malay amok.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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