Definitions for amuck

amuck a·muck

Spelling: [uh-muhk]
IPA: /əˈmʌk/

Amuck is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in amuck (ackmu).

Definitions for amuck

noun

  1. amok.

Idioms

  1. run / go amuck, to rush about in a murderous frenzy: to rush about wildly; lose self-control:

adjective

  1. mad with murderous frenzy.

Origin of amuck

First recorded in 1510-20; variant of amok

Examples for amuck

I learned to swing an axe by cutting down saplings, and ran "amuck" among them just as my elders did among the larger trees.

His brow was amuck with sweat: he was trembling in every limb; his ears were scarlet.

I fancied for awhile that one of their number must have run "amuck," and the rest meant to send him to slumber.

Sure, and he climbed in at the window, and white as a haddock, and all amuck with sweat.

Maniac named Kraskow amuck with freighter Prometheus, known to contain huge bomb!

Word Value for amuck
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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