rout
(noun) an overwhelming defeat
mob, rabble, rout
(noun) a disorderly crowd of people
spreadeagle, spread-eagle, rout
(verb) defeat disastrously
rout, rout out, expel
(verb) cause to flee; “rout out the fighters from their caves”
rout, gouge
(verb) make a groove in
rout, root, rootle
(verb) dig with the snout; “the pig was rooting for truffles”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rout (third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)
(intransitive) To make a noise; roar; bellow; snort.
(intransitive) To snore, especially loudly.
(intransitive) To belch.
(intransitive) To howl as the wind; make a roaring noise.
rout (plural routs)
A noise, especially a loud one
A disturbance; tumult.
Snoring.
rout (third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)
(transitive, now chiefly, dialectal) To beat; strike; assail with blows.
rout (plural routs)
(now chiefly, dialectal) A violent movement; a great or violent stir; a heavy blow; a stunning blow; a stroke.
rout (plural routs)
A troop or group, especially of a traveling company or throng.
A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion, especially when retreating from a fight.
The act of defeating and breaking up an army or another opponent.
(legal) A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with the intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.
A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
rout (third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)
(transitive) To defeat completely, forcing into disorderly retreat.
(intransitive) To retreat from a confrontation in disorder.
(obsolete, intransitive) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
rout (third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)
To search or root in the ground, like a pig.
To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
To use a router in woodworking.
rout (plural routs)
The brent goose.
• Tour, tour, trou
Source: Wiktionary
Rout (rout), v. i. Etym: [AS. hrutan.]
Definition: To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.
Rout, n.
Definition: A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult. Shak. This new book the whole world makes such a rout about. Sterne. "My child, it is not well," I said, "Among the graves to shout; To laugh and play among the dead, And make this noisy rout." Trench.
Rout, v. t. Etym: [A variant of root.]
Definition: To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow. To rout out (a) To turn up to view, as if by rooting; to discover; to find. (b) To turn out by force or compulsion; as, to rout people out of bed. [Colloq.]
Rout, v. i.
Definition: To search or root in the ground, as a swine. Edwards.
Rout, n. Etym: [OF. route, LL. rupta, properly, a breaking, fr. L. ruptus, p.p. of rumpere to break. See Rupture, reave, and cf. Rote repetition of forms, Route. In some senses this word has been confused with rout a bellowing, an uproar.] [Formerly spelled also route.]
1. A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng. [Obs.] "A route of ratones [rats]." Piers Plowman. "A great solemn route." Chaucer. And ever he rode the hinderest of the route. Chaucer. A rout of people there assembled were. Spenser.
2. A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people. the endless routs of wretched thralls. Spenser. The ringleader and head of all this rout. Shak. Nor do I name of men the common rout. Milton.
3. 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. thy army . . . Dispersed in rout, betook them all to fly. Daniel. To these giad conquest, murderous rout to those. pope.
4. (Law)
Definition: 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. Wharton.
5. A fashionable assembly, or large evening party. "At routs and dances." Landor. To put to rout, to defeat and throw into confusion; to overthrow and put to flight.
Rout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Routed; p. pr. & vb. n. Routing.]
Definition: To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout. That party . . . that charged the Scots, so totally routed and defeated their whole army, that they fied. Clarendon.
Syn.
– To defeat; discomfit; overpower; overthrow.
Rout, v. i.
Definition: To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company. [obs.] Bacon. In all that land no Christian[s] durste route. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
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