Betekenis van:
stampede
stampede
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- plotselinge toeloop
- a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
"when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"
Hyperoniemen
stampede
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- massabeweging
- a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
"when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"
Hyperoniemen
stampede
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
Hyperoniemen
to stampede
Werkwoord
- cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
"The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"
to stampede
Werkwoord
- cause to run in panic
"Thunderbolts can stampede animals"
to stampede
Werkwoord
- act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
"Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".
- Guinea pigs tend to freeze at unexpected sounds and may stampede as a group in response to sudden unexpected movements.