Meanings
adverb
- alternativeAlternative form of amok.
when, like the inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, they ran amuck, and made it their habit to destroy life[…]
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwildly; without self-control
Similar
adverbin a murderous frenzy
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Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with amuck
truckluckchuckstuckstruckducktuckpuckpluckpotluckhuckamokyukgluckruckuckcluckshuckdrukbruckunstuckTkachukZuckgeoduck
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Cite this entry
APA
amuck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amuck
MLA
“amuck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amuck. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amuck,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amuck.
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