stampede

Meanings

1. A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
2. 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.
3. An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
4. A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.

1. To cause (a drove or herd of animals) to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
2. To cause animals (owned by a person) to run away or scamper in this manner.
3. To cause (people in a crowd) to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
4. To cause (an individual) to act hastily or rashly.
5. To cause (people) to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
6. Of a drove or herd of animals: to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
7. Of people in a crowd: to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
8. Of people: to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.

Etymology

The noun is derived from Mexican Spanish estampida (“a stampede”), from Spanish estampida, estampido (“a bang, a crack (sound)”), from Old Occitan estampida, from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*stampjan), from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to compress, squeeze; to stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *stembʰ- (“to trample down”). The verb is derived from the noun.

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