stampede
a sudden rush of a crowd of people or animals
TRANSLATION
stampede = Massenflucht, Exodus, Ansturm stampede (verb) = in Panik versetzen, wild wegrennen (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX stampede: approximately 5,300,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Saudi Arabian authorities say they have implemented new safety measures to prevent STAMPEDES that have killed hundreds of people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
(BBC News)
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But Ikea had not predicted that up to 6,000 people would descend on the new store in Edmonton, with a STAMPEDE to get in that resulted in a frightening crush.
(The Guardian)
(BBC News)
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But Ikea had not predicted that up to 6,000 people would descend on the new store in Edmonton, with a STAMPEDE to get in that resulted in a frightening crush.
(The Guardian)
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stampede
noun
- a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, etc.
- a sudden rapid movement or reaction of a mass of people due to interest or panic
verb
- take part or cause to take part in a stampede
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Stampede stems from the Spanish estampida, meaning "explosion, bang, crash, uproar." It provides a good visual description of the sudden rush of animals, such as buffaloes or cattle, and was first used in this sense in Mexican Spanish. From this use came the word stampede (actually from the Spanish estampido, a masculine noun corresponding to the feminine estampida, first recorded in 1828). Thus stampede, now a general English word, is an Americanism, a word or expression that originated in the United States. The U.S. later experienced stampedes of miners rushing westward to find gold. Not surprisingly, an early instance of the application of this word to humans is found in the San Francisco Herald in 1851.
The word stampede is closely associated with North America's western and cowboy culture. It is often used to describe western festivals and rodeos. Probably the most famous of these is the Calgary Stampede, which began in 1912 and claims to be the "greatest outdoor show on earth." It is a large festival, exhibition and rodeo held in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) for 10 days from early to mid-July.
It features an internationally recognised rodeo competition, a midway, stage shows, concerts, agricultural competitions, pancake breakfasts around the city and chuck wagon races. A chuck wagon was a wagon that carried food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and Canada. They would form a part of a wagon train of settlers or feed nomadic workers like cowboys or loggers.
(sources: Wikipedia, American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, The Calgary Stampede)
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SYNONYMS
bolt, charge, flight, inundate, overrun, panic, riot, rout, rush
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"You can be sure there will a stampede to get tickets to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London."
noun
- a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, etc.
- a sudden rapid movement or reaction of a mass of people due to interest or panic
verb
- take part or cause to take part in a stampede
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Stampede stems from the Spanish estampida, meaning "explosion, bang, crash, uproar." It provides a good visual description of the sudden rush of animals, such as buffaloes or cattle, and was first used in this sense in Mexican Spanish. From this use came the word stampede (actually from the Spanish estampido, a masculine noun corresponding to the feminine estampida, first recorded in 1828). Thus stampede, now a general English word, is an Americanism, a word or expression that originated in the United States. The U.S. later experienced stampedes of miners rushing westward to find gold. Not surprisingly, an early instance of the application of this word to humans is found in the San Francisco Herald in 1851.
The word stampede is closely associated with North America's western and cowboy culture. It is often used to describe western festivals and rodeos. Probably the most famous of these is the Calgary Stampede, which began in 1912 and claims to be the "greatest outdoor show on earth." It is a large festival, exhibition and rodeo held in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) for 10 days from early to mid-July.
It features an internationally recognised rodeo competition, a midway, stage shows, concerts, agricultural competitions, pancake breakfasts around the city and chuck wagon races. A chuck wagon was a wagon that carried food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and Canada. They would form a part of a wagon train of settlers or feed nomadic workers like cowboys or loggers.
(sources: Wikipedia, American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, The Calgary Stampede)
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SYNONYMS
bolt, charge, flight, inundate, overrun, panic, riot, rout, rush
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"You can be sure there will a stampede to get tickets to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London."
