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ALL meanings of stampede

stam·pede
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  • noun stampede a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses. 1
  • noun stampede any headlong general flight or rush. 1
  • noun stampede Western U.S., Canada. a celebration, usually held annually, combining a rodeo, contests, exhibitions, dancing, etc. 1
  • verb without object stampede to scatter or flee in a stampede: People stampeded from the burning theater. 1
  • verb without object stampede to make a general rush: On hearing of the sale, they stampeded to the store. 1
  • verb with object stampede to cause to stampede. 1
  • verb with object stampede to rush or overrun (a place): Customers stampeded the stores. 1
  • noun stampede animals: rush, charge 1
  • intransitive verb stampede animals: charge 1
  • intransitive verb stampede people: rush en masse 1
  • noun stampede people: mass rush 1
  • countable noun stampede If there is a stampede, a group of people or animals run in a wild, uncontrolled way. 0
  • verb stampede If a group of animals or people stampede or if something stampedes them, they run in a wild, uncontrolled way. 0
  • countable noun stampede If a lot of people all do the same thing at the same time, you can describe it as a stampede. 0
  • verb stampede If people are stampeded into doing something, they are forced into doing it by pressure from other people, even though they do not think it is the right thing to do. 0
  • noun stampede an impulsive headlong rush of startled cattle or horses 0
  • noun stampede headlong rush of a crowd 0
  • noun stampede any sudden large-scale movement or other action, such as a rush of people to support a candidate 0
  • noun stampede a rodeo event featuring fairground and social elements 0
  • verb stampede to run away or cause to run away in a stampede 0
  • noun stampede a sudden, headlong running away of a group of frightened animals, esp. horses or cattle 0
  • noun stampede a confused, headlong rush or flight of a large group of people 0
  • noun stampede any sudden, impulsive, spontaneous mass movement 0
  • intransitive verb stampede to move, or take part, in a stampede 0
  • verb transitive stampede to cause to stampede 0
  • verb transitive stampede to make a headlong charge at or upon as a group 0
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