stampede
See also: Stampede
English
Etymology
From Spanish estampida (“a stampede”) (in America), estampido (“a crackling”), akin to estampar (“to stamp”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːd
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
stampede (plural stampedes)
- 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.
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- She and her husband would join in the general stampede.
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- 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.
- (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
Translations
any sudden flight or dispersion
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an intensive movement of a crowd
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Verb
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- (intransitive) To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
- (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
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To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd
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