stampede
To cause to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to frightTo cause (a drove or herd of animals) to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
» Tom told us about the stampede.
Meaning
8 senses(transitive)To cause (a drove or herd of animals) to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
run away in a stampede
(transitive)To cause animals (owned by a person) to run away or scamper in this manner.
cause to run in panic
(broadly, transitive)To cause (people in a crowd) to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
(broadly, transitive)To cause (an individual) to act hastily or rashly.
I was stampeded into buying an unnecessary insurance against earthquakes, fires, and flooding.
cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
(figuratively, transitive)To cause (people) to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
(intransitive)Of a drove or herd of animals: to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
(broadly, intransitive)Of people in a crowd: to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
(figuratively, intransitive)Of people: to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
Examples
8 sentencesTom told us about the stampede.
Igor was stampeded by the cows.
The bison were stampeding across the plain.
Ziri was stampeded and killed by the elephants.
The meeting between the celebrity and his fans caused a stampede.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
The noun is derived from Mexican Spanish estampida (“a stampede”), from Spanish estampida,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”).
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Forms
stampedes, stampeding, stampeded, stampededSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle