stampede
Signification (Anglais)
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- A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
- 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.
- An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
- A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
Concepts
se ruer
fuir en désordre
prendre d’assaut
Synonymes
be frightened
take to flight
last-minute rush
surging crowd
wave of humanity
be panic-stricken
be scattered in a panic
flee helter-skelter
flee in all directions
squeak by
squeak through
be routed
panic purchase
Fréquence
Coupé comme
stam‧pede
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/stæmˈpiːd/
Étymologie (Anglais)
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.
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