rout

  1. Noun.  A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.
  2. Noun.  A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.
  3. Noun.  A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
  4. Noun.  The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete.
  5. Noun.  A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.
  6. Noun.  A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To defeat completely, forcing into disorderly retreat.
  9. Verb.  To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
  10. Verb.  To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
  11. Verb.  To use a router in woodworking.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.