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amok
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adv 1: wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught
fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit" [syn:
amok, amuck]
2: in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing
sticks and bottles and stones" [syn: amok, amuck,
murderously]
adj 1: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was
completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk
worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok,
berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)]
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amuck
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adv 1: wildly; without self-control; "when the restaurant caught
fire the patrons ran amuck, blocking the exit" [syn:
amok, amuck]
2: in a murderous frenzy; "rioters running amuck and throwing
sticks and bottles and stones" [syn: amok, amuck,
murderously]
adj 1: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was
completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk
worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok,
berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)]
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awestruck
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adj 1: having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and
respect and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence
before the shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck
wonder" [syn: awed, awestruck, awestricken] [ant:
unawed]
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buck
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n 1: a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end
elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting [syn: vaulting
horse, long horse, buck]
2: a piece of paper money worth one dollar [syn: dollar,
dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam]
3: United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as
a missionary in China (1892-1973) [syn: Buck, Pearl Buck,
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck]
4: a framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn:
sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck]
5: mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
v 1: to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a
promotion"
2: resist; "buck the trend" [syn: buck, go against]
3: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street";
"He came charging into my office" [syn: tear, shoot,
shoot down, charge, buck]
4: jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung
filly bucked" [syn: buck, jerk, hitch]
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chuck
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n 1: informal terms for a meal [syn: chow, chuck, eats,
grub]
2: the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and
including the shoulder blade
3: a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a
workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
v 1: throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: chuck, toss]
2: throw away; "Chuck these old notes" [syn: chuck, ditch]
3: pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
[syn: chuck, pat]
4: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him
last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
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cluck
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n 1: the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) [syn:
cluck, clucking]
v 1: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn:
cluck, click, clack]
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dumbstruck
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adj 1: as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a
circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of
having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen
were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his
promotion" [syn: dumbfounded, dumfounded,
flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck,
dumbstruck, dumbstricken]
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moonstruck
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adj 1: insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the
moon [syn: lunatic, moonstruck]
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thunderstruck
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adj 1: as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a
circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of
having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen
were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his
promotion" [syn: dumbfounded, dumfounded,
flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck,
dumbstruck, dumbstricken]
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sunstruck
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adj 1: lighted by sunlight; "the sunlit slopes of the canyon";
"violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges"- Wallace
Stegner [syn: sunlit, sunstruck]