Article covers hasty rout (9)
I believe the answer is:
thrashing
'rout' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'article covers hasty' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'thing' (both can mean an object).
'covers' is an insertion indicator.
'hasty' becomes 'rash' (I've seen this before).
'thing' enclosing 'rash' is 'THRASHING'.
(Other definitions for thrashing that I've seen before include "punishment" , "Hiding" , "beating" , "A very heady defeat" .)