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stampede

Pronunciation: /stamˈpiːd/

Definition of stampede

a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals: the herd was fleeing back to the high land in a wild stampede
a sudden rapid movement or reaction of a mass of people in response to a particular circumstance or stimulus:a stampede of bargain hunters
[often in names] (in North America) a rodeo:the Calgary Stampede

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(of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic:the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger
[no object, with adverbial of direction] (of people) move rapidly in a mass:the children stampeded through the kitchen, playing tag or hide-and-seek
[with object] cause (people or animals) to stampede:the raiders stampeded 200 mules figurativedon’t let them stampede us into anything

Derivatives

early 19th century: Mexican Spanish use of Spanish estampida 'crash, uproar', of Germanic origin; related to the verb stamp

Remember that stampede ends with -ede.

Definition of stampede in the US English dictionary

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