stampede



stampede in(to some place)

[for a crowd of people or other creatures] to move rapidly into a place, as if in panic. The shoppers stampeded into the store the minute the doors opened. The doors opened and the shoppers stampeded in.
See also: stampede

stampede out of

some place [for a crowd of people or other creatures] to move rapidly out of a place, as if in panic. The patrons stampeded out of the smoky theater. The cattle stampeded out of the corral.
See also: of, out, stampede

stampede someone or something into something

to cause people or other creatures to move rapidly into a place, in panic or as if in panic. The loud noises stampeded the crowd into the parking lot across from the stadium. The cowboys stampeded the cattle into the corral.
See also: stampede

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Athanasi-Medieval Slavic
EzraEZ-rə (English)Biblical, English, Hebrew
EmEMEnglish
Annetta[ə'netə]
Ealhhere-Anglo-Saxon
Basit-Arabic