stampede

Meaning of stampede

noun
  1. A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
  2. A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to go in the same direction at the same time.
    The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes.
  3. Any sudden unconcerted moving or acting together of a number of persons, as from some common impulse.
    a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets
verb
  1. To run away in a panic; said of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
  2. To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
  3. (of people) To move rapidly in a mass.

Information about stampede

  • The plural form of stampede is: stampedes.
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Hyphenation of stampede

stam-pede

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • stampede is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

stampede synonyms

Meaning :

flight, rush, crush, jam, trampling

Anagrams of stampede

stepdame

Words that rhyme with stampede

millepede, anguipede, capripede, centipede, cerripede, cirrhipede, cirripede, equipede, fissipede, maxillipede, millipede, multipede, palmipede, pinnipede, plumipede, velocipede, estampede, impede, octopede, expede

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