stampede

Definitions


[stamˈpiːd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals
(e.g: the herd was fleeing back to the high land in a wild stampede)


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


[stamˈpiːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic
(e.g: the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger)


Phrases:

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




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