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English

Etymology

estampida (in America) a stampede, estampido a crackling, akin to estampar to stamp, of German origin.

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.
:She and her husband would join in the general stampede. -W. Black.

Verb

To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.

Translations

Finnish: rynnätä pakoon

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stampede \Stam*pede"\ (st[a^]m*p[=e]d"), v. i.
To run away in a panic; -- said of droves of cattle, horses,
etc., also of armies.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stampede \Stam*pede"\, v. t.
To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of
animals.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stampede \Stam*pede"\ (st[a^]m*p[=e]d"), n. [Sp. estampida (in
America) a stampede, estampido a crackling, akin to estampar
to stamp, of German origin. See Stamp, v. t.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

2. 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;
a stampede toward U. S. bonds in the credit markets.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

She and her husband would join in the general
stampede. --W. Black.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet stampede
n 1: a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he
shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"
2: a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or
cattle)
v 1: cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"
2: cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or
hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us
into overeating"
3: act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse;
"Companies will now stampede to release their latest
software"
4: run away in a stampede

Moby Dictionary
abject fear , accelerate , affright , alarm , awe , blue funk , boggle ,
bolt , bundle , bustle , charge , chase , confound , consternation ,
cowardice , crash , crowd , dash , discomfit , dismay , dispatch , dread ,
drive on , expedite , fear , fight shy , flee , flight , fling , forward ,
fright , frighten , funk , haste , hasten , hasten on , hie on ,
horrification , horror , hurry , hurry along , hurry on , hurry up ,
hustle , hustle up , jib , jump , jump a mile , panic , panic fear ,
phobia , precipitate , press , push , push on , push through ,
put in fear , put to flight , put to rout , quicken , race ,
railroad through , rout , run , rush , rush along , scare , scatter ,
scattering , send scuttling , shoot , shy , skedaddle , speed ,
speed along , speed up , spur , start , start aside , startle ,
take flight , tear , terror , unholy dread , urge , whip , whip along