amuck

1. 1.

   wildly; without self-control

   “when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit”

   Synonymsamok
2. 2.

   in a murderous frenzy

   “rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones”

   Synonymsamokmurderously

1. 1.

   wildly frenzied and out of control

   “the soldier was completely amuck”

   “berserk with grief”

   “a berserk worker smashing windows”

   Synonymsamokberserk

   Similaragitated

Questions about amuck

What does amuck mean?

amuck means "wildly; without self-control". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amuck?

amuck has 2 syllables: a-muck. The stress falls on "muck". In IPA it is /əˈmʌk/.

What is another word for amuck?

Close synonyms include amok, amok, murderously, amok, berserk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amuck a common word?

amuck is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with amuck?

2 words rhyme with amuck. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.