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   stampede

   /stamˈpiːd/

   noun

   • 1. a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals: "the herd was fleeing back to the high land in a wild stampede"
   • ▪ a sudden rapid movement or reaction of a mass of people in response to a particular circumstance or stimulus: "a stampede of bargain hunters"
   • ▪ (in North America) a rodeo: "the Calgary Stampede"

   verb

   • 1. (of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic: "the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger"
   • ▪ (of people) move rapidly in a mass: "the children stampeded through the kitchen, playing tag or hide-and-seek"
   • ▪ cause (people or animals) to stampede: "the raiders stampeded 200 mules"

   Word Origin early 19th century: Mexican Spanish use of Spanish estampida ‘crash, uproar’, of Germanic origin; related to the verb stamp.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stampeder noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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