Meaning of Stampede | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
2. 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.
   broadly
3. An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
   Canada, US, broadly
4. A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
   figuratively

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Examples

“[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.”

“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."”

“The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes.”

“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.”

“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.”

“a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets”

“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.”

“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.”

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