8 definitions found for rampage

rampage n 1: violently angry and destructive behavior [syn: rampage, violent disorder] v 1: act violently, recklessly, or destructively

rampage I. intransitive verb (rampaged; rampaging) Etymology: Scots Date: 1808 to rush wildly about II. noun Date: 1861 a course of violent, riotous, or reckless action or behavior • rampageous adjective • rampageously adverb • rampageousness noun

rampage
v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 (often foll. by about) rush wildly or violently about.
2 rage, storm.
--n. often wild or violent behaviour.
Phrases and idioms:
on the rampage rampaging.
Derivatives:
rampageous adj. rampager n.
Etymology: 18th c., perh. f. RAMP(1)

rampage ræmˈpeɪdʒ v. & n. --v.intr. 1 (often foll. by about) rush wildly or violently about. 2 rage, storm. --n. often wild or violent behaviour. øon the rampage rampaging. øørampageous adj. rampager n. [18th c., perh. f. RAMP(1)]

Rampage Ramp"age, n. [See Ramp, v.] Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage. [Prov. or Low.] --Dickens.

Rampage Ramp"age, v. i. To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage. [Prov. or Low]

rampage ræmˈpeɪdʒ n. 1 excitement, agitation, recklessness, riot, tumult, uproar, frenzy, fury, rage, furore or US furor, turmoil: His latest rampage was prompted by their serving him a cup of cold coffee. 2 Brit on the rampage, US on a rampage. berserk, mad, crazy, amok or amuck, wild, out of control: Pete regularly drank too much whisky and then went on the rampage. --v. 3 storm, rage, rant, rave, go berserk, run amok or amuck: He rampaged like a man possessed when he got his second parking ticket of the day.

88 Moby Thesaurus words for "rampage": ado, agitation, amok, assault, attack, barbarize, batter, berserk, binge, bother, brawl, broil, brouhaha, brutalize, burn, butcher, carry on, commotion, crazy, destroy, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, dustup, embroilment, excitement, fling, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fury, fuss, go berserk, go on, hammer, hassle, helter-skelter, hubbub, lay waste, loot, mad, maul, melee, mug, orgy, out of control, pell-mell, pillage, pother, racket, rage, ramp, rant, rape, rave, recklessness, riot, roar, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, ruin, rumpus, run amok, sack, savage, scramble, shindy, slaughter, sow chaos, splurge, stir, storm, tear, tear around, terrorize, to-do, trouble, tumult, turmoil, uproar, vandalize, violate, wild, wreck