run amok

verb

To go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage.

Similar
amokgo berserkgo postal
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Meanings

verbrun amok (third-person singular simple present runs amok, present participle running amok, simple past ran amok, past participle run amok)

present singular third person runs amok · participle present running amok · past ran amok · alternative run amuck

  1. idiomaticTo go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage.

    Synonyms: amok, go berserk, go postal

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage.

Similar
amokgo berserkgo postal
Also see
amokgo berserkgo postalgo pottygo rogue

Translations

Arabic جُنَّ
  • جُنَّ (junna)run amok
Chinese Mandarin 胡作非為 /胡作非为, 橫衝直撞 /横冲直撞
  • 胡作非為 /胡作非为 (húzuòfēiwéi)run amok
  • 橫衝直撞 /横冲直撞 (héngchōngzhízhuàng)run amok
Czech vyvádět, šílet
  • vyvádětrun amok
  • šíletrun amok
  • řáditrun amok
Danish gå amok
  • gå amokrun amok
Finnish riehua, olla valtoimenaan
  • riehuarun amok
  • olla valtoimenaanrun amok
French perdre le contrôle, péter un câble
  • perdre le contrôlerun amok
  • péter un câblerun amok
German Amok laufen
  • Amok laufenrun amok
Greek παθαίνω αμόκ
  • παθαίνω αμόκ (pathaíno amók)run amok
Italian andare fuori controllo
  • andare fuori controllorun amok
Latin furitō
  • furitōrun amok
Latvian skriet amoka skrējienā
  • skriet amoka skrējienārun amok
Malay mengamuk
  • mengamukrun amok
Norwegian gå amok
  • gå amokrun amok
Romanian a o lua razna
  • a o lua raznarun amok
Russian обезу́меть, неи́стовствовать
  • обезу́меть (obezúmetʹ)run amok
  • неи́стовствовать (neístovstvovatʹ)run amok
  • бу́йствовать (bújstvovatʹ)run amok
  • быть вне себя́ (bytʹ vne sebjá)run amok
Spanish correr a ciegas, enloquecerse
  • correr a ciegasrun amok
  • enloquecerserun amok
Swedish löpa amok, gå bärsärkagång
  • löpa amokrun amok
  • gå bärsärkagångrun amok
Tagalog mag-amok, magdilim ang paningin
  • mag-amokrun amok
  • magdilim ang paninginrun amok
  • maghuramentadorun amok
Cite this entry
APA

run amok. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20amok

MLA

“run amok.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20amok. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “run amok,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20amok.

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