stampede

stampede is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
2. intransitive verb. To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
3. transitive verb. To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
4. noun. a headlong rush of people on a common impulse

   "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"

5. noun. a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
6. verb. run away in a stampede
7. verb. cause to run in panic

   "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"

8. verb. act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse

   "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"

9. verb. cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively

   "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stampede:

stepdame

Common word forms

stampeded, stampeder, stampedes, stampeding

Words from these letters

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