Meaning of rout | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
2. A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
   Scotland
3. A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
   Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland
4. A violent movement; a heavy or stunning blow or stroke.
   Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, archaic
5. The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla).
   Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, obsolete
6. A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone
7. A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular (archaic), a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
   countable, obsolete
8. The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
   also, figuratively
9. A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
   Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland
10. 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
11. 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.
    archaic, countable
12. A group of disorganized things
13. A group of disorganized things.
    countable
14. 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
15. A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
    countable
16. A fashionable assembly; a large evening party, a soirée.
    countable, dated
17. A fashionable assembly; a large evening party, a soirée
18. A noisy disturbance; also, a disorderly argument or fight, a brawl; (uncountable) disturbance of the peace, commotion, tumult.
    archaic, countable
19. 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.
    countable, historical

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Examples

“A route of people there aſſembled were, / Of euery ſort and nation vnder skye, [...]”

“The Incorporations this year did moſtly conſiſt of Cantabrigians who had lately come to this University for preferment from the Viſitors, when the great rout of Royalliſts were by then made in this University.”

“'Is there anyone in this rout with authority to treat with me?' he asked.”

“Beſides the endleſſe routs of wretched thralles, / VVhich thether were aſſembled day by day, / From all the world after their wofull falles, / Through wicked pride, and waſted welthes decay.”

“The Ring-leader and Head of all this Rout, / Haue practis'd dangerouſly againſt your State, / Dealing with Witches and with Coniurers, [...]”

“When Gospel-Trumpeter surrounded, / With long-ear'd rout to Battel sounded, / And Pulpit, Drum Ecclesiastick, / Was beat with fist, instead of a stick:”

“Nor do I name of men the common rout, / That wandring looſe about / Grow up and periſh, as the ſummer flie, [...]”

“[A]lthough there must have been nearly a hundred mongrel celebrants in the throng, the police relied on their firearms and plunged determinedly into the nauseous rout.”

“For it was clearly in search of her that the rabble rout had come. The dancing nymphs hailed her with joyful giggles, the poodle sprang on her with dusty paws, and then turned a somersault in her honour, and from the driver's box came the twang of a guitar and the familiar wail of: Nita, Juanita, ask thy soul if we must part?”

“The Ducheſs or Marlborough had one of the grandeſt routs that has been given for ſome time, almoſt the whole of the firſt people of rank and faſhion in England being preſent. This being a new birth to conviviality in Marlborough Houſe, and the firſt rout for theſe ſeven laſt years, it was uncommonly crouded.”

“Come then, ſweet ſpring's delights to taſte; / No longer, my Maria, waſte / Thoſe hours in routs and noiſe, [...]”

“The ancients have always been opposed to them; just as, at routs and dances, elderly beauties to younger.”

“The envoys were not often compelled to forego the toilet for the desk, nor the beaux secretaires, to give up their lessons on the guitar for the drudgery of copying dispatches. A "protocol" would have scared the gentle state from its propriety; and the arrival of the Morning Post, once a week from London, with the account of routs in which they had not shared, and the anticipation of dinners and déjeûnés which they were never to enjoy, was the only pain which Diplomacy suffered to raise a ripple on the tranquil surface of its soul.”

“By a little inquiry regarding his mother's engagements, he was pretty soon able to find out by whom of her ladyship's friends parties were given at that season; where he would be likely to meet Osborne's sisters; and, though he had that abhorrence of routs and evening parties which many sensible men, alas, entertain, he soon found one where the Miss Osbornes were to be present.”

“"Nay, child! it is not well," I said, / "Among the graves to shout; / To laugh and play among the dead, / And make this noisy rout."”

“The rout of the enemy was complete.”

“The visiting football team was put to rout.”

“From Thrace they fly, call'd to the dire Alarms / Of warring Phlegyans, and Emphyrian Arms; / Invok'd by both, relentleſs they diſpoſe / To theſe, glad Conqueſt, murd'rous Rout to thoſe.”

“His position had come to him—why? Perhaps because he was never ill… He had served three terms of three years out there… Because triumphant health in the general rout of constitutions is a kind of power in itself.”

“It was only the outstanding [Petr] Cech that stood between Arsenal and a second-half rout as Spurs simply swamped their opponents after the break with a formidable display of power, pace and sheer intensity.”

“[T]hy Army preſently, / (As if they could not ſtand, when thou wert downe) / Diſperſt in rout, betooke them all to flie: [...]”

“And the authorities in Moscow presented the rout in the northeast as a planned “regrouping.””

“Small contingents of Russian troops across the country have tried to train the Syrian army into a more professional force (the rout in Aleppo suggests those efforts have gone poorly).”

“And what of this new book the whole world makes ſuch a rout about?—Oh! 'tis out of all plumb, my Lord,—quite an irregular thing!”

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