[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.296 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.296 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.296 - **Language:** English ### [c10.296](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.296) \*Amuk\* (J.). An a-muck; to run a-muck; to tilt; to run furiously and desperately at any one; to make a furious onset or charge in combat."—(\*Malay Dict.\*) \[The standard Malay, according to Mr Skeat, is rather \*amok\* (\*mengāmok\*).\] - [Previous: c10.295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.295) - [Next: c10.297](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.297) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.296](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.296) · Pramāṇa