rout

rout

rout¹ [rout]

n.

[ME route < OFr, troop, band, lit., part broken off < L rupta: see ROUTE]

1. a disorderly crowd; noisy mob; rabble

2. a disorderly flight or retreat, as of defeated troops [to be put to rout]

3. an overwhelming defeat

4. Archaic

a) a group of people; company; band

b) a band of followers; retinue

5. Archaic a large, fashionable social gathering in the evening

vt.

1. to put to disorderly flight

2. to defeat overwhelmingly

SYN.- CONQUER

rout² [rout]

vi.

[var. of ROOT²]

1. to dig for food with the snout, as a pig; root

2. to poke or rummage about

vt.

1. to dig up or turn over with the snout

2. to force out

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rout out

1. to expose to view

2. to scoop, gouge, or hollow out (metal, wood, etc.)

3. to make (a person) get out

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rout up

1. to find or get by turning up or poking about

☆ 2. to make (a person) get up