A*muck" (#), a. & adv. [Malay amoq furious.]
In a frenzied and reckless.
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.
Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet
To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.
Pope.
© Webster 1913.