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Stampede
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Stampede has 2 senses
- stampede(n = noun.act) Array - a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits" is a kind of group action
- stampede(n = noun.event) Array - a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle); Array is a kind of change of location, travel
Derived form verb stampede4
Derived form verb stampede1
Verb Stampede has 4 senses
- stampede(v = verb.motion) Array - cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals" Derived form noun stampede2
- stampede(v = verb.social) Array - cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating" Sample sentences:
- stampede(v = verb.social) Array - act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software" is one way to act, move
- stampede(v = verb.motion) Array - run away in a stampede; Array is one way to flee, fly, take flight
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sample sentence:
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Derived form noun stampede1
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
Stampede, n. [Sp. estampida (in America) a stampede, estampido a crackling, akin to estampar to stamp, of German origin. See Stamp, v. t. ].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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; a stampede toward U. S. bonds in the credit markets. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]"She and her husband would join in the general stampede." [1913 Webster]
Stampede, v. i.
To run away in a panic; -- said of droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies. [1913 Webster]
Stampede, v. t.
To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Stampede, n. & v.
--n.
1 a sudden flight and scattering of a number of horses, cattle, etc.
2 a sudden flight or hurried movement of people due to interest or panic.
3 US the spontaneous response of many persons to a common impulse.
--v.
1 intr. take part in a stampede.
2 tr. cause to do this.
3 tr. cause to act hurriedly or unreasoningly.
--n.
1 a sudden flight and scattering of a number of horses, cattle, etc.
2 a sudden flight or hurried movement of people due to interest or panic.
3 US the spontaneous response of many persons to a common impulse.
--v.
1 intr. take part in a stampede.
2 tr. cause to do this.
3 tr. cause to act hurriedly or unreasoningly.
Derivative
stampeder n.
Etymology
Sp. estampida crash, uproar, ult. f. Gmc, rel. to STAMP
THESAURUS
Stampede
abject fear, accelerate, affright, alarm, awe, blue funk, boggle, bolt, bundle, bustle, charge, chase, confound, consternation, cowardice, crash, crowd, dash, discomfit, dismay, dispatch, dread, drive on, expedite, fear, fight shy, flee, flight, fling, forward, fright, frighten, funk, haste, hasten, hasten on, hie on, horrification, horror, hurry, hurry along, hurry on, hurry up, hustle, hustle up, jib, jump, jump a mile, panic, panic fear, phobia, precipitate, press, push, push on, push through, put in fear, put to flight, put to rout, quicken, race, railroad through, rout, run, rush, rush along, scare, scatter, scattering, send scuttling, shoot, shy, skedaddle, speed, speed along, speed up, spur, start, start aside, startle, take flight, tear, terror, unholy dread, urge, whip, whip along
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