stampede

See also: Stampede

English

Etymology

From Spanish estampida (“a stampede”) (in America), estampido (“a crackling”), akin to estampar (“to stamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæmˈpiːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

• Audio (US):

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A stampede of horses.

Noun

stampede (plural stampedes)

1. A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
   • (Can we date this quote by W. Black and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     She and her husband would join in the general stampede.

2. A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time.

   The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes.

   • 2019 October, Chris Stokes, “Between the Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 97:

     I asked the conductor if he would ask Chester to hold the 16.35 to Euston - the last through train on a Saturday - but he said Virgin won't hold anything. We came to a stand at Chester at 16.35, and there was a sizeable stampede down the platform for the London train, but it had gone.

3. (figurative) Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse.

   a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets

Synonyms

• (a wild running away): rush, flight
• (an intensive movement of a crowd): crush, jam, trampling

Translations

any sudden flight or dispersion

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• Catalan: estampida (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 踩踏 (zh) (cǎità)

• Czech: úprk (cs) m
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• Dutch: stormloop (nl) m
• Finnish: rynnistys (fi)
• French: bousculade (fr) f, débandade (fr) f
• German: Stampede (de) f
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• Italian: fuggifuggi (it) m, scompiglio (it) m
• Japanese: 群集事故 (ぐんしゅうじこ, gunshūjiko)
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• Persian: پاسپار (fa) (pâsepâr)
• Polish: paniczna ucieczka f
• Portuguese: debandada (pt) f
• Romanian: busculadă (ro) f, învălmășeală (ro) f
• Russian: пани́ческое бе́гство n (paníčeskoje bégstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: stampȇdo (sh) m
• Spanish: estampida f
• Swedish: panikartad flykt
• Turkish: izdiham (tr), bozgun (tr)
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an intensive movement of a crowd

• French: bousculade (fr) f
• German: Massenpanik (de) f, Stampede (de) f
• Russian: да́вка (ru) n (dávka)
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• Spanish: estampida f, desbandada (es) f
• Turkish: izdiham (tr)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
2. (transitive) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 3, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

     "Cattle are usually quiet after dark. Still I've known even a coyote to stampede your white herd."

Translations

To run away in panic; of cattle, horses; of armies

• Finnish: rynnätä pakoon
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• Maori: rara

To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd

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