Definition of "rout"
- verb
To make a noise; roar; bellow; snort.
To snore; snore loudly.
To belch.
To howl as the wind; make a roaring noise.
To beat; strike; assail with blows.
To defeat completely, forcing into disorderly retreat.
To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
To use a router in woodworking.
- noun
A noise; a loud noise; a bellowing; a shouting; clamor; an uproar; disturbance; tumult.
Snoring.
A violent movement; a great or violent stir; a heavy blow; a stunning blow; a stroke.
A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, 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; -- 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.
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.
A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
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