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stampede
- /stæmˈpiːd/ UK
- /stæmˈpid/ US
Rhymes with -iːd
Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Mexican Spanish estampida (“a stampede”), from Spanish estampida, estampido (“a bang, a crack (sound)”), from Old Occitan estampida, from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*stampjan), from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to compress, squeeze; to stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *stembʰ- (“to trample down”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
noun stampedes
- A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright. [T]hey saw a herd of deer reposing, who, on their appearance, rose from their recumbent position, and began to gaze warily at the strangers; then, tossing their horne, they set off on a stampede, but only swept round, and settled down not far from where they were.
- A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to move in the same direction at the same time, especially in consequence of a panic. The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes.
- An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
- A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse. a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets
verb stampedes · stampeding · stampeded
- To cause (a drove or herd of animals) to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright. Cattle are usually quiet after dark. Still I've known even a coyote to stampede your white herd.
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To cause animals (owned by a person) to run away or scamper in this manner.
Similar: stampedo
- To cause (people in a crowd) to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
- To cause (an individual) to act hastily or rashly. I was stampeded into buying an unnecessary insurance against earthquakes, fires, and flooding.
- To cause (people) to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
- Of a drove or herd of animals: to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright. Miss Withersteen, let me get what boys I can gather, an' hold the white herd. It's on the slope now, not ten miles out—three thousand head, an' all steers. They're wild, an' likely to stampede at the pop of a jack-rabbit's ears.
- Of people in a crowd: to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic. But here in the UK, we tend to stampede from the concourse the moment the platform number is announced for the train we want to catch, crush round the doors, and then launch ourselves into the first available seat before our fellow passengers can take them all.
- Of people: to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: crush, scramble, scuffle, rodeo, panic, rush, klondike, defends, fights, hajjis, pilgrims, estampede, breakaway, estrapade, runaway, parade
Translations
Every language
noun wild, headlong running of a number of animals
| Español | estampida, barajustada, barajuste |
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| 日本語 | 群集事故 gunshūjiko |
| 中文 | 踩踏 cǎità, 惊逃 Jīngtáo |
| Português | debandada |
| Français | bousculade, débandade |
| Deutsch | Stampede |
| Italiano | fuggifuggi, scompiglio |
| Română | busculadă, învălmășeală |
| Русский | пани́ческое бе́гство paníčeskoje bégstvo |
| עברית | מנוסה menusá, מרוץ meróts, נהירה nehirá |
noun crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time
| Español | estampida, desbandada, barajustada, barajuste |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 踩踏 cǎità |
| हिन्दी | भगदड़ bhagdaṛ |
| Kiswahili | mkanyagano |
| Français | bousculade |
| Deutsch | Stampede, Massenpanik |
| Русский | да́вка dávka |
| العربية | تَدَافُع tadāfuʕ, هَرْج harj |
noun sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons
| Italiano | calca |
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verb of a drove or herd of animals: to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner
| Español | barajustarse |
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verb of people in a crowd: to move in the same direction at the same time
| Español | barajustarse |
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verb to cause (people in a crowd) to move in the same direction at the same time
| 中文 | 踩踏 cǎità |
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