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rout¹ Definition

rout (ro̵ut)

noun

  1. a disorderly crowd; noisy mob; rabble
  2. a disorderly flight or retreat, as of defeated troops to be put to rout
  3. an overwhelming defeat
  4. Archaic
    1. a group of people; company; band
    2. a band of followers; retinue
  5. Archaic a large, fashionable social gathering in the evening

Etymology: ME route < OFr, troop, band, lit., part broken off < L rupta: see route

transitive verb

  1. to put to disorderly flight
  2. to defeat overwhelmingly

rout² Definition

rout (ro̵ut)

intransitive verb

  1. to dig for food with the snout, as a pig; root
  2. to poke or rummage about

Etymology: var. of root

transitive verb

  1. to dig up or turn over with the snout
  2. to force out

rout² Idioms

rout out

  1. to expose to view
  2. to scoop, gouge, or hollow out (metal, wood, etc.)
  3. to make (a person) get out

rout up

  1. to find or get by turning up or poking about
  2. ☆ to make (a person) get up

rout Synonyms

rout

n.

flight, retreat, confusion; see defeat 2, loss 1.

rout Synonyms

rout

v.

overcome, overthrow, scatter, hunt, beat, defeat, conquer, discomfit, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, outmaneuver, vanquish, drive off, put to flight, repulse, subjugate, subdue; see also defeat 1, 2, 3. See syn. study at defeat.

rout Usage Examples

Object

  • daemon: Private routers or routing daemons that offer service to the college network are not permitted.
  • protocol: Finally, many companies now need the ability to handle multiple Internet links, traffic shaping, voice over IP and dynamic routing protocols.
  • packet: Network -- Responsible for routing packets of data across the network.
  • queue: TRANSITING Status The request is being transmitted from the routing queue to another queue.
  • table: Without these options, route displays the current contents of the routing tables.
  • algorithm: In this paper, we propose propagation and routing algorithms for a fully decentralized, self-organizing network.

Converse of object

  • complete: This only left Reid to complete the rout with his 4th goal for the team.
  • become: Royston's strength was the pack where the scrummages became a rout.
  • lead: Miroslav Klose led the rout with a hat-trick of headed goals.

Preposition: through

  • server: All the mail in one group is physically routed through the bridgehead server.
  • system: Each of these components has the ability to substantially alter the runoff hydrograph as it is routed through the system.

Adjective modifier

complete: In June the referendum on union was taken in Natal, and resulted in a complete rout of the separatists.

Modifying Another Word

  • diversely: Our main UK Internet transit ( to our servers in Telehouse ) is provided by Netscalibur via two diversely routed 100Mbps connections.
  • automatically: The call is automatically routed to the nearest open Alamo office.
  • utterly: In the process they utterly routed an American pair who are specialists in this type of chess.
  • firmly: Chalemie's version is firmly routed in this comic tradition.
  • correctly: Callers will now be greeted with the usual menu options and calls will be correctly routed to our support team.
  • directly: The waste from WCs is routed directly to the mains drainage via a larger vented pipe.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • through: Calls from mobile phones are routed through to London.
  • out: The signals can be mixed and routed out as a master to a pocket transmitter, or to a wired power supply unit.