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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amuck \A*muck"\ ([.a]*m[u^]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 ``bhang,'' 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amuck adj : in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: {amok}, {berserk}, {demoniac}, {demoniacal}, {possessed(p)}] adv 1: wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck blocking the exit [syn: {amok}] 2: in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones" [syn: {amok}, {murderously}]
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