Lexic.us

Definition of Panic

1. Verb. Be overcome by a sudden fear. "Sam and Sue panic"; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

2. Noun. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety.

3. Verb. Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic. "The bad news will panic him"; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners"

4. Noun. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events. "A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"

Definition of Panic

1. n. A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.

2. a. Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; - - said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm.

3. n. A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.

Definition of Panic

1. Adjective. Pandean ¹

2. Adjective. (rare) Pertaining to the god Pan. ¹

3. Adjective. Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan). ¹

4. Noun. Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals. ¹

5. Noun. (finance economics) Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices. ¹

6. Verb. To feel overwhelming fear. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Panic

1. to be overwhelmed by fear [v -ICKED, -ICKING, -ICS]

Medical Definition of Panic

1. A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass. Panic grass, any grass of the genus Panicum. Origin: L. Panicum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Panic

pangulus panhandle panhandled panhandler panhandlers panhandles panhandling panhellenism panhidrosis panhuman

panhydrometer panhyperaemia panhypopituitarism panhysterectomy panic (current term) panic-stricken panic-struck panic attack panic buying panic disorder

panic rev panic room panic snap panically panick panicked panicker

Literary usage of Panic

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

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"Recent panic and present deadly peril to American prosperity. ... Substitutes for cash in the panic of 1907. AP Andrew. 11. QJ Econ. 22: 497-616. Ag. '08. ..."

2. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1904)
"Men's minds were everywhere predisposed to panic. ... That night of panic gave evidence that Charles had not merely to face the riotous apprentices who had ..."

3. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"Throughout the century the Papist counter-reformation had made alarming progress, Causes of ^n France, the strongest nation in the the panic. ..."

4. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"Before the panic Scott had been among the most sanguine. It was rumoured that the Pennsylvania ... The aftermath of the panic of 1873 was of long duration. ..."

5. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1899)
"The panic of 1825—Death of Emperor Alexander—The Duke of Wellington's Embassy to ... The last three months have been remarkable for the panic in the money ..."

6. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"THE panic OF 1873 AND ITS RESULTS. Failure of Jay Cooke and Co. ... All this was subsequently changed by the happening of a panic in September, 1873. ..."

7. Financial History of the United States by Davis Rich Dewey (1902)
"panic of 1873. ln 1873 occurred a panic which affected every operation of finance and commerce. lt was more than a panic ; it was the beginning of a long ..."

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