stampede en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /stæmˈpid/ (General-American)
- (General-American) audio
- /stæmˈpiːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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.
Meanings
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A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
[T]hey saw a herd of deer reposing, who, on their appearance, rose from their recumbent position, and began to gaze warily at the strangers; then, tossing their horne, they set off on a stampede, but only swept round, and settled down not far from where they were.
a. 1865 (date written), Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter XVIII, in Julian Hawthorne, editor, Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret: A Romance […], Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, published 1883, →OCLC, page 227:Then, like a stream of white bees pouring from a huge swarm, the steers stretched out from the main body. In a few moments, with astonishing rapidity, the whole herd got into motion. […] "It's a stampede, an' a hummer," said Lassiter. […] ["]That stampede will pass within a mile of us."
1912 January, Zane Grey, “The Mill-wheel of Steers”, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 78:
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(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.
Say, Smoke, this ain't no stampede. It's a exode-us. They must be a thousand men ahead of us an' ten thousand behind.
1912 October, Jack London, “The Stampede to Squaw Creek”, in Smoke Bellew, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co, →OCLC, page 75:The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes.
I asked the conductor if he would ask Chester to hold the 16.35 to Euston—the last through train on a Saturday—but he said Virgin won't hold anything. We came to a stand at Chester at 16.35, and there was a sizeable stampede down the platform for the London train, but it had gone.
2019 October, Chris Stokes, “Between the Lines”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 97:
- (Canada, US, broadly) An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
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(figuratively) A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
So all the people, Sheila learned that night, were going away from London; and soon she and her husband would join in the general stampede of the very last dwellers in town.
1873, William Black, “Sheila’s Stratagem”, in A Princess of Thule. […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 299:a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets
When the Credit Suisse's top investor, Saudi National Bank, told reporters last Wednesday it would not give more money to the bank, investors and depositors started a stampede for the exit, withdrawing hundreds of millions of dollars.
2023 March 22, Philip Oltermann, “Switzerland's national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stampedes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Descendants
Synonyms
crush · stampedo · trampling · rush · flight · rush · crush · jam
Translations (61)
cy rhuthr (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · it scompiglio (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · sw mkanyagano (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · fa پاسپار (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · id rempuhan (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · ka ჭყლეტა (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · ca estampida (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · cy rhusfa (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · pt debandada (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · pl paniczna ucieczka (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · he מרוץ (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · fi ryntäys (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · bg стампедо (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · sh stampȇdo (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · es estampida (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · cmn 踩踏 (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · tr izdiham (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · ja 群集事故 (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · ro învălmășeală (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · ru да́вка (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · ka ჭყლეტა (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · tr bozgun (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · ms rempuhan (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · de Stampede (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · ro busculadă (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · it fuggifuggi (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · cy rhuthrad (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · de Massenpanik (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · es desbandada (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · es estampida (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · he מנוסה (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · ka მასობრივი პანიკა (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · fr bousculade (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · ur بھگدڑ (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · cmn 踩踏 (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · ar تَدَافُع (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · nl stormloop (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · es barajustada (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · ar هَرْج (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · fi ryntäys (sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons) · de Stampede (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · cs úprk (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · yue 人踩人 (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · sh стампе̑до (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · ka პანიკური გაქცევა (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · fr débandade (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · fi rynnistys (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · es barajuste (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · es barajustada (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · sv panikartad flykt (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · he נהירה (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · ru пани́ческое бе́гство (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · cmn 惊逃 (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · fi rynnistys (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · it calca (sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons) · bcl roborobo (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time) · cy rhuthr (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · es barajuste (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · fr bousculade (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · tr izdiham (wild, headlong running of a number of animals) · hi भगदड़ (crowd trying to move in the same direction at the same time)