Stampede
- Stampede
- 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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Stampede — Stam*pede , v. t. To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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stampede — (n.) 1828, from Mex.Sp. estampida, from Sp., an uproar, from estamper to stamp, press, pound, from the same Germanic root that yielded English STAMP (Cf. stamp) (v.). The verb is from 1823. Related: Stampeded; stampeding. The political sense is… … Etymology dictionary
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