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say it: uh-MUHK
amuck is an adverb and adjective meaning "wildly; without self-control". It is pronounced /əˈmʌk/ — uh-MUHK. It carries 3 recorded senses.
wildly; without self-control
“when the restaurant caught fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit”
in a murderous frenzy
“rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones”
wildly frenzied and out of control
“the soldier was completely amuck”
“berserk with grief”
“a berserk worker smashing windows”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for amuck come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.