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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"
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).
5. Verb. Act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse. "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"
6. Verb. Run away in a stampede.
Generic synonyms: Flee, Fly, Take Flight
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
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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