stampede

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.”

2. isim 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.

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

3. isim An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
4. isim A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.

   “a stampede toward US bonds in the credit markets”

5. fiil To cause (a drove or herd of animals) to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.

   “Cattle are usually quiet after dark. Still I've known even a coyote to stampede your white herd.”

6. fiil To cause animals (owned by a person) to run away or scamper in this manner.
7. fiil To cause (people in a crowd) to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
8. fiil To cause (an individual) to act hastily or rashly.

   “I was stampeded into buying an unnecessary insurance against earthquakes, fires, and flooding.”

9. fiil To cause (people) to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
10. fiil Of a drove or herd of animals: to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.

    “Miss Withersteen, let me get what boys I can gather, an' hold the white herd. It's on the slope now, not ten miles out—three thousand head, an' all steers. They're wild, an' likely to stampede at the pop of a jack-rabbit's ears.”

11. fiil Of people in a crowd: to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.

    “But here in the UK, we tend to stampede from the concourse the moment the platform number is announced for the train we want to catch, crush round the doors, and then launch ourselves into the first available seat before our fellow passengers can take them all.”

12. fiil Of people: to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.