1. (

• mob ,
• rabble ,
• rout

) a disorderly crowd of people ;

2. (

• rout

) an overwhelming defeat ;

1. (

• rout ,
• rout_out ,
• expel

) cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" ;

2. (

• rout ,
• root ,
• rootle

) dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" ;

3. (

• rout ,
• gouge ,

) make a groove in ;

4. (

• spread-eagle ,
• spreadeagle ,
• rout ,

) defeat disastrously ;