Definition of Stampede

1. Verb. Cause to run in panic. "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"

2. Noun. A headlong rush of people on a common impulse. "When he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"

Generic synonyms: Group Action

3. Verb. Cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively. "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"

4. Noun. A wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle).
Generic synonyms: Change Of Location, Travel

5. Verb. Act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse. "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"
Generic synonyms: Act, Move

6. Verb. Run away in a stampede.

Definition of Stampede

1. n. 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.

2. v. i. To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.

3. v. t. To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.

4. n. Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse; as, a stampede to the gold regions; a stampede in a convention.

Definition of Stampede

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stampede

1. to cause to run away in headlong panic [v -PEDED, -PEDING, -PEDES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stampede

stamp coupling
stamp couplings
stamp dealer
stamp down
stamp duty
stamp hinge
stamp hinges
stamp mill
stamp out
stamp pad
stamp pads
stamp tax
stampable
stamped
stamped out
stampede (current term)
stampeded
stampeder
stampeders
stampedes
stampeding
stampedo
stampedos
stamper
stampers
stamping
stamping ground
stamping grounds
stamping machine
stamping mill

Literary usage of Stampede

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"stampede—contd. 1853 It is not the intention of this article to alarm the hetel proprietors. . . .by this impending stampede in fashionable life. ..."

2. The Americans at Home: Or, Byeways, Backwoods, and Prairies by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1854)
"THE stampede. PURSUING our journey on the rolling prairie, ... "Yon grande stampede, by gar!" answered Pierre. " stampede of what, I pray ? ..."

3. The Americans at Home: Or, Byeways, Backwoods, and Prairies by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1854)
"THE stampede. PURSUING 6ur journey on the rolling prairie, ... "Von grande stampede, by gar!" answered Pierre. " stampede of what, I pray ? ..."

4. Nome and Seward Peninsula: History, Description, Biographies and Stories by Edward Sanford Harrison (1905)
"Gold had been found in the peninsula previous to that date, but it was this discovery that set the world agog, causing the great stampede of 1900, ..."

5. Nome and Seward Peninsula: History, Description, Biographies and Stories by Edward Sanford Harrison (1905)
"Gold had been found in the peninsula previous to that date, but it was this discovery that set the world agog, causing the great stampede of 1900, ..."

6. Evictions and the Right to Housing: Experience from Canada, Chile, the by Antonio Azuela (1998)
"The Calgary Exhibition and stampede property in the inner city was the option favoured by CODA and the stampede Board, the latter an elite Calgary group who ..."

7. The Conspiracy Unveiled. The South Sacrificed; Or, The Horrors of Secession by James W. Hunnicutt (1863)
""NEGRO stampede. " THE stampede of negroes continues with increased numbers. On last Thursday, one hundred and fifty crossed over to the north side of the ..."

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