Sekirov Dictionary

stampede

/stæmˈpiːd/

verb 8
noun 4
forms 3

verb8

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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. — 1912
To cause animals (owned by a person) to run away or scamper in this manner.
To cause (people in a crowd) to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
Of a drove or herd of animals: to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
Of people in a crowd: to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
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To cause (an individual) to act hastily or rashly.
- I was stampeded into buying an unnecessary insurance against earthquakes, fires, and flooding.
(figurative) To cause (people) to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
(figurative) Of people: to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.

noun4

A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
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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.
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(figurative) 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
(US, Canada) An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.

forms

stampeded · stampeding · stampedes

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