n 1: a disorderly crowd of people [syn: mob, rabble]
2: an overwhelming defeat
v 1: cause to flee [syn: rout out, expel]
2: dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" [syn: root, rootle]
3: make a groove in [syn: gouge, groove]
4: defeat disastrously [syn: spread-eagle, spreadeagle]