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amuck

/əˈmʌk/
/əˈmʊk/ Ireland, Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌk

adverb

alternative Alternative form of amok when, like the inhabitants of the Malay Peninsula, they ran amuck, and made it their habit to destroy life[…]

noun amucks

alternative Alternative form of amok

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@misc{amuck_2026,
  title = {amuck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amuck},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}