01 a. & adv. In a frenzied and reckless manner.
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In a frenzied and reckless manner.“Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.” — Pope.
Phrases & compounds
To run amuck —
to rush out in a state of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of “bhang,” and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately.