amuck : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: amuck	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for amuck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amuck adv wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit" Synonym(s): amok, amuck in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones" Synonym(s): amok, amuck, murderously adj frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" Synonym(s): amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amuck \Amuck"\ ([adot]m[ucr]k"), a. & adv. [Malay amoq furious.] In a frenzied and reckless manner. {To run amuck}, to rush out in a state of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of [bd]bhang,[b8] and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. --Pope.