Swedish noun

amok

amuck, amok

Meaning

amuck; amok

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What does amok mean?

Expressions

löpa amok
run amok

Questions

What does amok mean in English?

amok means “amuck, amok”.

Origin

Borrowed from English amok, from Portuguese amouco, from Malay amuk (“to go on a killing spree”).

Nearby common words

amok is number 9,096 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,092reglemente rules, regulations
9,093tölp boor
9,094förstfödd firstborn, a firstborn
9,095mobbad bullied
9,097gylf fly
9,098nosa sniff
9,099ding mad, crazy
9,100krisa to suffer a crisis (sometimes hyperbolically)

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary