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Definition rout

Etymology 1

From Middle English routen, ruten, from Old English hr?tan (“to make a noise, whiz, snore”), also r?otan, *hr?otan (“to make a noise, make a noise in grief, weep, mourn, lament, wail, shed tears”), both from Proto-Germanic *hr?tan?, *hreutan? (“to snore, snort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor-, *kr- (“to croak, crow”). Cognate with Middle Dutch ruyten (“to make a noise, chatter, chirp”), Middle High German r?zen, r?ssen (“to make a noise, rattle, buzz, snore”), Icelandic rjóta, hrjóta (“to roar, rattle, snore”). Related also to Swedish ryta (“to roar, bellow, shout”), Icelandic rauta (“to roar”).

Verb

rout (third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)

1. (intransitive) To make a noise; roar; bellow; snort.
2. (intransitive) To snore; snore loudly.

1. (intransitive) To belch.
2. (intransitive) To howl as the wind; make a roaring noise.

Noun

rout (plural routs)

1. A noise; a loud noise; a bellowing; a shouting; clamor; an uproar; disturbance; tumult.
2. Snoring.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ruten (“to rush, dart, dash, beat”), from Old Norse hrjóta (“to jump down, fall out, plunge, hurl, burst forth, rebound, fly, be flung”), from Proto-Germanic *hreutan? (“to plunge, rush, hurl, shatter, fall, break”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreu- (“to fall, plunge, rush, topple”). Cognate with Middle High German rûzen (“to move quickly, storm”). Related also to Old English hr?osan (“to fall, sink, fall down, go to ruin, rush, rush upon, attack”). More at rush.

Verb

rout (third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)

1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To beat; strike; assail with blows.

Noun

rout (plural routs)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A violent movement; a great or violent stir; a heavy blow; a stunning blow; a stroke.

Etymology 3

1598, "disorderly retreat," borrowed from Middle French route, roupte (“disorderly flight of troops”), literally "a breaking off, rupture," from Vulgar Latin rupta (“a dispersed group”), literally "a broken group," from Latin rupta, feminine past participle of rumpo (“to break”) (see rupture). The verb is from 1600.

Noun

rout (plural routs)

1. A troop or group, especially of a traveling company or throng.
2. A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
3. The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion, especially when retreating from a fight.
4. The act of defeating and breaking up an army or another opponent.
5. (law) 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.
6. A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.

Verb

rout (third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)

1. (transitive) To defeat completely, forcing into disorderly retreat.
2. (intransitive) To retreat from a confrontation in disorder.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.

Etymology 4

Alteration of root.

Verb

rout (third-person singular simple present routs, present participle routing, simple past and past participle routed)

1. To search or root in the ground, like a pig.
2. To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
3. To use a router in woodworking.

Etymology 5

Noun

rout (plural routs)

1. The brent goose.

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