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
Delyth-Welsh
Yaroslavayah-rah-SLAH-vah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Medieval Slavic
Sylvainseel-VENFrench
Rostam-Persian, Persian Mythology
Kaan-Turkish
PhoebeFEE-bee (English)English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical, Biblical Latin