stampede
pronunciation
How to pronounce stampede in British English:
UK [stæmˈpiːd]
How to pronounce stampede in American English:
US [stæmˈpiːd]
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- Noun:
- a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
- a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
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- Verb:
- cause to run in panic
- cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
- act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
- run away in a stampede
Word Origin
- stampede (n.)
- 1844 (earlier stampedo, 1839), "A general scamper of animals on the Western prairies, generally caused by a fright" [Bartlett] from Mexican Spanish estampida, from Spanish, "an uproar," from estamper "to stamp, press, pound," from Provençal estampier "to stamp," from the same Germanic root that yielded English stamp (v.). The political sense is first recorded 1846 (in reference to the U.S. Democratic Party convention of 1844). As the name of an annual exhibition of cowboy skills in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, it is attested from 1912.
- stampede (v.)
- 1823 (intransitive); 1838 (transitive), from stampede (n.). Related: Stampeded; stampeding.
Example
- 1. Some believe this could herald a western stampede to the east .
- 2. Contrary to conventional wisdom , it will not mean that companies close their chinese factories and stampede to somewhere poorer .
- 3. With mainland interest rates continuing to diverge from offshore rates , policymakers may find it difficult to open the gates a little wider without causing a stampede .
- 4. Three people died and 31 were injured on saturday in a stampede to buy cut-price cooking oil in the western chinese city of chongqing .
- 5. If the googlers do indeed head for the exits in china , they are unlikely to be crushed by a stampede of other multinationals rushing to follow them .