rout

Meanings

Noun

• A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
• A group of animals, especially one which is lively or unruly, or made up of wild animals such as wolves; a flock, a herd, a pack.
• A group of disorganized things.
• A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence , the common people as a group, the rabble.
• A fashionable assembly; a large evening party, a soirée.
• A noisy disturbance; also, a disorderly argument or fight, a brawl; disturbance of the peace, commotion, tumult.
• An illegal assembly of people; specifically, three or more people who have come together intending to do something illegal, and who have taken steps towards this, regarded as more serious than an unlawful assembly but not as serious as a riot; the act of assembling in this manner.
• The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
• The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also , the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
• A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
• A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
• A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
• A violent movement; a heavy or stunning blow or stroke.
• The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla).

Verb

• To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
• To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).
• To retreat from a confrontation in disorder.
• To snore, especially loudly.
• To make a noise; to bellow, to roar, to snort.
• Especially of the sea, thunder, wind, etc.: to make a loud roaring noise; to howl, to roar, to rumble.
• Of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly.
• Of a person: to speak loudly; to bellow, roar, to shout.
• Of an animal, especially cattle: to low or moo loudly; to bellow.
• To dig or plough (earth or the ground); to till.
• Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also to completely empty or clear out (something).
• Usually followed by from: to compel (someone) to leave a place; specifically (usually followed by out or up), to cause (someone) to get out of bed.
• Of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to root.
• To use a gouge, router, or other tool to scoop out material (from a metallic, wooden, etc., surface), forming a groove or recess.
• Of a person: to search through belongings, a place, etc.; to rummage.
• Usually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
• Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
• To beat or strike (someone or something); to assail (someone or something) with blows.

Origin

• The noun is derived from Middle English rout, route, from Anglo-Norman route, rute, Middle French rote, route, Old French rote, route, rute (modern French route ), from Latin rupta (compare Late Latin ruta, rutta), the feminine of ruptus, the perfect passive participle of rumpō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-. The English word is a route.
• The verb is derived from Middle English routen, from rout, route; see above.
• The noun is derived from Middle French route, from rout, archaic past participle of Middle French, Old French rompre (modern French rompre), from Latin rumpere, the present active infinitive of rumpō; see further at etymology 1.
• The verb is derived from the noun.
• The verb is derived from Middle English routen,, from Old English hrūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrūtan, from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną, *hreutaną, from *hruttōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor-, *kr-, *krut-, probably ultimately imitative. The English word is cognate with Icelandic rjóta, hrjóta, rauta, Middle Dutch ruyten, Middle High German rūssen, rūzen, Norwegian Nynorsk ruta, Swedish ryta. Compare Old English rēotan, *hrēotan, from Proto-Germanic *reutaną; see further at etymology 4.
• The noun is derived from the verb. It is cognate with Southern Norwegian rut.
• The verb is derived from Middle English routen, from Old Norse rauta, from Proto-Germanic *reutaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *HrewdH-, probably imitative. The English word is cognate with Danish ryde, Latin rudere, rūdere, Lithuanian raudóti, Norwegian raute, Old Church Slavonic рꙑдати, Old High German riozan (Middle High German riezen), Old Norse rjóta, Old Swedish riuta, ryta (modern Swedish ruta, ryta ), Old Swedish röta (modern Swedish rauta, råta, rota, röta ), Sanskrit रुद्.
• The noun is derived from the verb, or from a noun derived from Old Norse rauta (see above).
• A variant of wrout, itself a variant of wroot , from Middle English wroten (whence root), from Old English wrōtan. from Proto-Germanic *wrōtaną; further etymology uncertain, perhaps related to Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.
• Possibly a variant of root, from Middle English wroten; see further at etymology 5. Some recent uses are difficult to tell apart from rout.
• The verb is derived from Middle English routen, from Old English hrūtan, from or cognate with Old Norse hrjóta, from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną, *hreutaną; further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kreu-. The English word is cognate with Middle High German rûzen, and is also related to Old English hrēosan.
• The noun is derived from Middle English rout, route, from routen; see above.
• Unknown; either imitative of the bird’s call, or possibly from Icelandic hrota, also probably imitative though perhaps influenced by hrot, from hrjóta, from Old Norse hrjóta, from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną; see further at etymology 3.