Definition of rout
(Entry 1 of 5)
1
: a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat
2a
: a disastrous defeat : debacle
b
: a precipitate flight
rout
verb (1)
routed; routing; routs
Definition of rout (Entry 2 of 5)
1a
: to defeat decisively or disastrously
the discomfiture of seeing their party routed at the polls— A. N. Holcombe
b
: to put to precipitate flight
c
: to disorganize completely : demoralize
2
: to drive out : dispel
rout
noun (2)Definition of rout (Entry 3 of 5)
rout
verb (2)
routed; routing; routs
Definition of rout (Entry 4 of 5)
1
: to poke around with the snout : root
pigs routing in the earth
2
: to search haphazardly
1
: to come up with : uncover
scouts … routing out new talent— Carrie Donovan
2a
: to force out as if by digging
—usually used with out
b
: to cause to emerge especially from bed
3a
: to gouge out or make a furrow in (something, such as wood or metal)
b
archaic
: to dig up with the snout
rout
verb (3)
routed; routing; routs
Definition of rout (Entry 5 of 5)
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The first known use of rout was in the 13th century
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