amok

Etymology 1
From, from. The term first appeared in English around the 16th century, associated with the people of Malaysia and Java, first described in the 1516 text , which was translated to English by Henry E. J. Stanley.

Adverb

 * 1) Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
 * 2) In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.

Usage notes
Used almost exclusively in the phrase.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian: all'impazzata
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: amok
 * Nynorsk: amok
 * Occitan: amoc
 * Portuguese: amouco
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: yn wyllt, fel peth gwyllt

Noun

 * 1) One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.
 * 2) The act of running amok.

Noun

 * 1) A kind of Southeast Asian curry steamed in banana leaves.

Etymology 1
, from, from. Displaced.

Verb

 * 1) to run amok

Noun

 * 1) one who runs amok

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) a surf; waves that break on an ocean shoreline

Etymology
, from, from.

Noun

 * 1) condition of  behaving

Etymology
From or from, from.

Adjective

 * 1) Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
 * 2) In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.

Usage notes
Exclusively used adverbially in the phrase.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  A murderous frenzy, a killing spree in Malay culture.
 * 2)  One who runs amok, someone who is on such a killing spree.
 * 3)  uproar, riot, noise
 * 1)  uproar, riot, noise

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) amok one who runs amok

Etymology
From, from , from.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Etymology
, from, from. .

Noun

 * , frenzy
 * , killing frenzy
 * 1)  frenzy, mania
 * 1)  frenzy, mania

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) Condition of  behaving.

Etymology
, possibly via.

Noun

 * 1)  (out-of-control, frenzied rage)

Usage notes
Used almost exclusively in the phrase.

Etymology
Borrowed from a source.

Noun

 * 1) art, artifice, craft