[
US
/ˈɹaʊt/
]
VERB
- make a groove in
- defeat disastrously
-
cause to flee
rout out the fighters from their caves -
dig with the snout
the pig was rooting for truffles
NOUN
- an overwhelming defeat
- a disorderly crowd of people
How To Use rout In A Sentence
- A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
- She wound up her dance routine with a wobbly pirouette and took a little bow.
- He nearly knocked over a couple of pop fans en route. The Sun
- Since then neither the printer nor wireless internet router appeared to be working. Times, Sunday Times
- Armantrout's short lines, use of rhetoric, aggressive lineation, disjunctions and juxtapositions, discursiveness, parataxis, and myriad condensatory techniques are all exemplary, but never overbearing. Seth Abramson: November 2011 Contemporary Poetry Reviews
- This paper summarized Ectropis obliqua Prout s biological control researches from the point of mass rearing, pathogenic natural enemy, predator, parasitoid and pheromone.
- Faceless, unqualified reviewers define our work, remove our colleagues from panels and routinely breach confidentiality.
- Pile each croute with the prawn mixture and serve at once. The Sun
- These same people also routinely said they felt comfortable with Bush as a leader with values and dignity.
- Its route will pass mainly through soft rock and above deep-lying, brackish ground water.