Definitions For Stampede

noun

• A headlong rush of people on a common impulse
• A wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
• An occurrence in which a large group of frightened or excited animals or people run together in a wild and uncontrolled way to escape from something, get out of a place, etc.
• A situation in which a lot of people try to do the same thing at the same time

verb

• Run away in a stampede
• Cause to run in panic
• Act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
• Cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
• To run away in a large group from something especially because of fear
• To cause (animals) to run away in a large group
• To cause (a person or a group of people) to do something suddenly and without proper thought