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stampede

stam·pede

UK/stæmˈpiːd/ US/stæmˈpid/ uncommon us
verb (4) noun (2)

verb

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.

noun

1.

a headlong rush of people on a common impulse

  • “when he shouted”
  • “there was a stampede to the exits”
2.

a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • cache stampede

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