Translate stampede | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of stampede
noun
a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals. 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 titles] a rodeo:the Calgary Stampede
verb
[no object] (of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic:the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger (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 rush wildly in a mass panic:the raiders stampeded 200 mules figurativedon’t let them stampede us into anything
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stampede ends with
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