rout
noun
- a disorderly crowd; noisy mob; rabble
- a disorderly flight or retreat, as of defeated troops: to be put to rout
- an overwhelming defeat
- Archaic
- a group of people; company; band
- a band of followers; retinue
- Archaic a large, fashionable social gathering in the evening
transitive verb
- to put to disorderly flight
- to defeat overwhelmingly
intransitive verb
- to dig for food with the snout, as a pig; root
- to poke or rummage about
transitive verb
- to dig up or turn over with the snout
- to force out
See rout in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rout)
nouna. A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.
b. An overwhelming defeat.
a. A disorderly crowd of people; a mob.
b. People of the lowest class; rabble.
- A public disturbance; a riot.
- A company, as of knights or wolves, that are in movement. See Synonyms at flock1.
- A fashionable gathering.
transitive verb rout·ed,
rout·ing,
routs - To put to disorderly flight or retreat: “the flock of starlings which Jasper had routed with his gun” (Virginia Woolf).
- To defeat overwhelmingly. See Synonyms at defeat.
(rout)
verb rout·ed,
rout·ing,
routs verb, intransitive- To dig with the snout; root.
- To poke around; rummage.
verb, transitive- To expose to view as if by digging; uncover.
- To hollow, scoop, or gouge out.
- To drive or force out as if by digging; eject: rout out an informant.
- Archaic To dig up with the snout.
(rout, ro͞ot)
intransitive verb rout·ed,
rout·ing,
routs Chiefly British To bellow. Used of cattle.
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