Meaning of "stampede" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STAMPEDE

From American Spanish estampida, from Spanish: a din, from estampar to stamp, of Germanic origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF STAMPEDE

stæmˈpiːd

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAMPEDE

Stampede is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stampede in English.

WHAT DOES STAMPEDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stampede

A stampede is an act of mass impulse among herd animals or a crowd of people in which the herd collectively begins running with no clear direction or purpose. Species associated with stampede behavior include cattle, elephants, blue wildebeests, walruses, wild horses, rhinoceros, and humans.

Definition of stampede in the English dictionary

The first definition of stampede in the dictionary is an impulsive headlong rush of startled cattle or horses. Other definition of stampede is headlong rush of a crowd. Stampede is also any sudden large-scale movement or other action, such as a rush of people to support a candidate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STAMPEDE

PRESENT

Present

I stampede

you stampede

he/she/it stampedes

we stampede

you stampede

they stampede

Present continuous

I am stampeding

you are stampeding

he/she/it is stampeding

we are stampeding

you are stampeding

they are stampeding

Present perfect

I have stampeded

you have stampeded

he/she/it has stampeded

we have stampeded

you have stampeded

they have stampeded

Present perfect continuous

I have been stampeding

you have been stampeding

he/she/it has been stampeding

we have been stampeding

you have been stampeding

they have been stampeding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I stampeded

you stampeded

he/she/it stampeded

we stampeded

you stampeded

they stampeded

Past continuous

I was stampeding

you were stampeding

he/she/it was stampeding

we were stampeding

you were stampeding

they were stampeding

Past perfect

I had stampeded

you had stampeded

he/she/it had stampeded

we had stampeded

you had stampeded

they had stampeded

Past perfect continuous

I had been stampeding

you had been stampeding

he/she/it had been stampeding

we had been stampeding

you had been stampeding

they had been stampeding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will stampede

you will stampede

he/she/it will stampede

we will stampede

you will stampede

they will stampede

Future continuous

I will be stampeding

you will be stampeding

he/she/it will be stampeding

we will be stampeding

you will be stampeding

they will be stampeding

Future perfect

I will have stampeded

you will have stampeded

he/she/it will have stampeded

we will have stampeded

you will have stampeded

they will have stampeded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been stampeding

you will have been stampeding

he/she/it will have been stampeding

we will have been stampeding

you will have been stampeding

they will have been stampeding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would stampede

you would stampede

he/she/it would stampede

we would stampede

you would stampede

they would stampede

Conditional continuous

I would be stampeding

you would be stampeding

he/she/it would be stampeding

we would be stampeding

you would be stampeding

they would be stampeding

Conditional perfect

I would have stampede

you would have stampede

he/she/it would have stampede

we would have stampede

you would have stampede

they would have stampede

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been stampeding

you would have been stampeding

he/she/it would have been stampeding

we would have been stampeding

you would have been stampeding

they would have been stampeding

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you stampede
we let´s stampede
you stampede

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to stampede

Past participle

stampeded

Present Participle

stampeding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «STAMPEDE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «stampede» and belong to the same grammatical category.

bolt · career · charge · dash · flight · race · rout · run · rush · scattering

TRANSLATION OF STAMPEDE

Find out the translation of stampede to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of stampede from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stampede» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: > 狂奔的群体
• Translator English - Spanish: estampida
• English: stampede
• Translator English - Hindi: भगदड़
• Translator English - Arabic: التدافع
• Translator English - Russian: паническое бегство
• Translator English - Portuguese: debandada
• Translator English - Bengali: ছত্রভঙ্গ
• Translator English - French: ruée
• Translator English - Malay: Mencubit
• Translator English - German: Massenandrang
• Translator English - Japanese: どっと押し寄せること
• Translator English - Korean: 우르르 몰리는 사태
• Translator English - Javanese: Stampede
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chạy tán loạn
• Translator English - Tamil: நெரிசலில்
• Translator English - Marathi: चेंगराचेंगरी
• Translator English - Turkish: izdiham
• Translator English - Italian: fuggi fuggi
• Translator English - Polish: panika
• Translator English - Ukrainian: панічну втечу
• Translator English - Romanian: panică
• Translator English - Greek: φυγή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: stormloop
• Translator English - Swedish: stampede
• Translator English - Norwegian: panikk

QUOTES WITH «STAMPEDE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stampede.

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Douglas MacArthur

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAMPEDE»

Discover the use of stampede in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stampede and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Stampede!: Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of School

Celebrate the adventures of a group of swinging, singing, swooping, and swarming students at school.

Laura Purdie Salas, 2009

Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling, Revised ...

But this is more than a wrestling story ' it's a tale of family and of human tragedy.

Heath McCoy, 2007

The First Stampede of Flores LaDue: The True Love Story of ...

Presents the love story of rodeo promoter Guy Weadick and trick roper Flores LaDue, chronicling their tours through North America and Europe and their founding of the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede in 1912.

Wendy Bryden, 2012

The Calgary Stampede: A Collection of Vintage Postcards

By 1912 the large-scale cowboy ranches of the Old West had been disappearing for years and the Calgary Stampede — along with other exhibitions, like Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show — was set-up to commemorate a fading way of life for ...

Kenneth Wayne Tingley, 2012

Stampede of the Supermarket Slugs

Cigam's mixed-up magic has swirled down every aisle! There are pests in the produce and an angry snowman in frozen foods. Can Keats and Henry clean up this supermarket mess? From the Trade Paperback edition.

Bill Doyle, 2012

Pecos Bill and the Ghost Stampede: A Play

Playbook.

Eric Coble, 2003

The Klondike Stampede

Adney was not only a good writer, he was also an accomplished photographer, and there are over 150 photographs and drawings in the text, adding an important visual dimension to the book.

Tappan Adney, 2011

Never Shoot a Stampede Queen

From the explosive opening, where Mark finds himself in a courtroom just a few feet away from a defendant with a bomb strapped to his chest, to the case of a plane that crashed without its pilot on board, Never Shoot a Stampede Queen is an ...

Mark Leiren-Young, 2011

Storm and Stampede on the Chisholm

In Storm and Stampede on the Chisholm, first published in 1928, he recorded his excitement at being exposed to an elemental way of life soon to be gone.

Hubert Edwin Collins, 1998

The Calgary Stampede: 100 Years of the Greatest Outdoor Show ...

Also found in this book are chapters exploring ten major themes of the Stampede; stories and photos from the Centennial event itself; a reproduction of the rare program from the first Stampede in 1912 (complete with pictures and text); and ...

Calgary Herald, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STAMPEDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stampede is used in the context of the following news items.

Stampede kills at least 27 at Hindu riverside festival in India

Arun Kumar, the chief of the district where the stampede took place, said there were "inadequate arrangements" for the crowds of worshippers surging at a river ... «CNN, Jul 15»

Stampede at Bangladesh clothes handout kills 23

The stampede erupted on Friday when hundreds of people tried to force their way into a factory compound through a small gate after massing outside the ... «Aljazeera.com, Jul 15»

Police lay charges in dangerous balloon chair Stampede stunt

CALGARY – Police have laid charges in connection to a dangerous stunt in which a man attempted to parachute into the Calgary Stampede from a homemade ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»

Bangladesh Hindu pilgrims die in Narayanganj stampede

At least 10 Hindu pilgrims have been killed in a stampede during a bathing ritual at a holy site in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. Police inspector Nasir Ahmed told ... «BBC News, Mar 15»

Egyptian Fans Blame Police for the Death of 22 in Stampede

Egyptian soccer fans have accused the police of a premeditated attack on them after a confrontation outside a Cairo stadium left at least 22 people dead on ... «TIME, Feb 15»

Shanghai New Year's Eve stampede 'totally preventable'

Beijing (CNN) A New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai that killed 36 people and injured 49 others was "totally preventable," local officials said Wednesday. «CNN, Jan 15»

A Memorial in Shanghai for Victims of Stampede

SHANGHAI — Nearly a week after a stampede killed at least 36 people and injured 49 others during an outdoor New Year's Eve gathering in one of this city's ... «New York Times, Jan 15»

2015 starts with stampede in Shanghai, 'die in' in Boston

Revelers converged on the beaches of Brazil, the skyscrapers of Dubai and New York's Times Square to say good riddance to a turbulent 2014 marred by terror ... «USA TODAY, Jan 15»

New Year's Eve stampede leaves shock and confusion in Shanghai

A man prays at a makeshift memorial at the site of the stampede in Shanghai. ... in recent years: a stampede on the viewing platform steps that would leave at ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»

Stampede at Shanghai New Year's celebration kills 35

New Year's festivities in China's most populous city were cut short Wednesday after a stampede left at least 35 people dead and dozens injured. Posts on Twitter ... «CNN, Dec 14»