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    [Noun]  | "rout" | \ ˈrau̇t \


    1: a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat

    2: a disastrous defeat : debacle

    3: a precipitate flight

    Origin: 1595 ;

     Borrowed from Middle French route "defeat, disorderly retreat," noun derivative from feminine of rout, alternate past participle of rompre "to defeat, put to flight," literally, "to break, smash," going back to Old French, going back to Latin rumpere{mat|route:1|};

    [Noun]  | "rout" | \ ˈrau̇t \


    1: a crowd of people; specifically : rabble

    2: disturbance

    3: fuss

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English route "group, band of soldiers, crowd," borrowed from Anglo-French route, rute "band, herd, armed force," going back to Vulgar Latin *rupta "detachment," literally, "something broken off," going back to Latin, feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere "to break" {mat|route:1|};

    [Noun]  | "route" | \ ˈrüt \


    1: a traveled way : highway

    2: a means of access : channel

    3: a line of travel : course

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English rute, route, borrowed from Anglo-French rute, going back to Vulgar Latin *rupta (short for *rupta via, literally, "broken way, forced passage," after Latin viam rumpere "to force a passage"), from feminine of ruptus, past participle of rumpere "to break, burst," going back to Indo-European *ru-n-p-, nasal present formation from the base *reu̯p- "break, tear" {mat|reave|};

    [Verb]  | "rout" | \ ˈrau̇t \


    1: to defeat decisively or disastrously

    2: to put to precipitate flight

    3: to disorganize completely : demoralize

    Origin: circa 1600 ;

     Derivative of {see: |rout:1|rout:1};

    [Verb]  | "rout" | \ ˈrau̇t \


    1: to poke around with the snout : root

    2: to search haphazardly

    3: to come up with : uncover

    Origin: circa 1564 ;

     Presumed to be variant of wroot, {see: |root:3|root:3} (though alteration of vowel is unexplained);

    [Verb]  | "rout" | \ ˈrōt \


    1: to low loudly : bellow —used of cattle

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English (northern) & early Scots rowten, rowte, borrowed from Old Norse rauta "to roar," going back to Germanic *rautōjan-, probably derivative of a noun *raut- "bellowing, roaring," from an ablaut derivative of *reutan- (whence Old English rēotan "to weep, wail," Old High German riozan "to weep, mourn," Old Swedish riuta "to roar"), going back to Indo-European *Hreu̯d- "produce a loud sound, weep," whence, with varying ablaut grades, Latin rudere, rūdere "to make a loud noise, bellow, bray," Lithuanian raudóti "to sob, weep," Old Church Slavic rydati, Sanskrit rodiṣi "(you) weep";

    [Idiom]  | "put to rout" 


    1: to force someone to retreat

    [Idiom]  | "the rout was on" 


    1: —used to say that a game or contest becomes one in which the winner easily defeats the loser by a large amount

    [Verb]  | "rout" 


    1: to defeat by a large margin;


      * e.g., " ... as expected, the professional team had no trouble routing the amateurs "



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    2: to drive or force out;


      * e.g., " ... the nation's ground and air forces quickly routed the would-be invaders "



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    [Verb]  | "rout (out)" 


    1: to come upon after searching, study, or effort;


      * e.g., " ... if you give me some time, I can probably rout out more supplies "




    [Noun]  | "rout" 


    1: failure to win a contest;


      * e.g., " ... the championship game was a humiliating rout for the team that had been favored to win "




    2: the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement;


      * e.g., " ... in the mad rout from the school shooter, it was every person for himself "



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    [Noun]  | "rout" 


    1: a great number of persons or creatures massed together;


      * e.g., " ... a great rout of rubberneckers had gathered around the scene of the accident "




    2: people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class;


      * e.g., " ... at first the protests were dismissed as nothing more than the idle doings of the restless rout "



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    [Noun]  | "route" 


    1: a passage cleared for public vehicular travel;


      * e.g., " ... take Route 190 for six miles, then get off "



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    2: an established course for traveling from one place to another;


      * e.g., " ... we're going to get stuck in traffic if we take the usual route "



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    3: the direction along which something or someone moves;


      * e.g., " ... hurricanes generally take a northerly route up the Atlantic seaboard "



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     [ "rout" ]

    1: In a battle, a rout is a complete desertion of a unit of troops. As apposed to a fall back or a retreat, a rout involves litteraly legging it as far and fast as possible. Used often by the french

      * e.g.,  ... The soldiers were so afraid they chose to rout. 

     [ "rout" ]

    1: verb Contraction of the phrase "rock out." To go out, spend lots of money, drink lots of booze, and shamelessly hit on girls. Essentially, to get nice and go huge. notes: "rout" is commonly used together with the word "cout" which is itself a contraction of the words "cock out." Routing is also an important concept in the Get Drunk and Go for It school of thought.

      * e.g.,  ... James: What do you want to do tonight? Wanna rout a little? 

     [ "rout" ]

    1: something that is extremely distgusting

      * e.g.,  ... "these sandwiches are straight rout!" 

     [ "route" ]

    1: to drive around aimlessly while smoking marijuana usually with other people, but can be done alone

      * e.g.,  ... There's nothing going on tonight, so we're just gonna route all night. 

     [ "The route" ]

    1: Series of connected roads most commonly used to transport drugs and take part in the action.

      * e.g.,  ... Do you want to hit the route with this GB? 

     [ "routes" ]

    1: The different paths a penis can take to maneuver through the various defenses crafted by women to protect their end zones.

      * e.g.,  ... Cam Newton thinks it's funny to hear a female talk about routes . 

     [ "routing" ]

    1: (verb) to smoke weed while driving

      * e.g.,  ... "We went to jail because cops pulled us over for routing." 

     [ "Rout" ]

    1: 1) To defeat soundly.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) Unfortunately, we were nonetheless routed in the championship game by Wortsford. 

     [ "Rout" ]

    2: 2) A sound defeat.

      * e.g.,  ... 2) The game wasn't anywhere near close; we won by so much that even calling it a rout would be generous. 

     [ "On route" ]

    1: Getting the drugs ..illegal money

      * e.g.,  ... Mom:Dj where are you? 

     [ "Routed" ]

    1: Routed adj. - A word used to describe the initial transition of a persons state of mind and body to another more relaxed state, as a direct result of injestion of any substance into the body.

      * e.g.,  ... After a long day at work Bill says to Joe " Want to get routed after work? I got a little. " 

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