Meaning

1 senses

  1. Synonym of run amok.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The inflation rate is running amok.

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  2. The children are running amok all through the house.

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  3. Until the teacher appeared, the children were running amok in the classroom.

    deBis der Lehrer kam, spielten die Kinder in der Klasse verrückt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. The police acted very fast in capturing the mad man who ran amok with an axe.

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Origin

Borrowed from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). The term fi

Borrowed from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”). The term first appeared in English around the 16th century, associated with the people of Malaysia and Java, first described in the 1516 text The Book of Duarte Barbosa, which was translated to English by Henry E. J. Stanley.

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Forms

amoks, amoking, amoked, amoked
Base formamok · to amok
3rd person singularamoks
Present participleamoking
Past simpleamoked
Past participleamoked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyamok
he, she, itamoks

Past simpleLesson

all personsamoked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave amoked
he, she, ithas amoked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill amok

Synonyms

1 synonyms
run amok

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
amnesiaamnestyamoebaamongA2amongstB2amoral
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