stampede
A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by frightA wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
» Tom told us about the stampede.
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4 sensesA wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
Stampede
пани́ческое бе́гствоpaníčeskoje bégstvo
a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
(broadly)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.
The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes.
Stampede, Massenpanik
да́вкаdávka
(Canada, US, broadly)An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
(figuratively)A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets
a headlong rush of people on a 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
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Origin
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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