stampede

Meaning

Noun

1. A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
2. (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.
3. (Canada, US, broadly) An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
4. (figuratively) A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause (a drove or herd of animals) to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
2. (transitive) To cause animals (owned by a person) to run away or scamper in this manner.
3. (broadly, transitive) To cause (people in a crowd) to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
4. (broadly, transitive) To cause (an individual) to act hastily or rashly.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To cause (people) to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
6. (intransitive) Of a drove or herd of animals: to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
7. (broadly, intransitive) Of people in a crowd: to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
8. (figuratively, intransitive) Of people: to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.

Synonyms

rout

rush

panic

debacle

frighten

flee

fly

✈️

rush in

bolt

escape

fan

fire up

flight

✈️

flock

foment

frenzy

fright

fuel

gallop

get away

heat

hightail it

inflame

jitters

lam

provoke

rampage

run

run away

scare

😨

scramble

shake off

shoot down

spirt

stir up

storm

think

🤔

cut and run

unnerve

be frightened

take flight

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

Translations

débandade

estampida

Stampede

fuggifuggi

debandada

kaçışmak

ayaklanma

izdiham

estouro

fuite

Massenflucht

panique

panische Flucht

wild wegrennen

wilde Flucht

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stæmˈpiːd/

Etymology

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.