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▸ noun: (by extension)
▸ noun: A situation in which many people in a crowd are trying to move in the same direction at the same time, especially in consequence of a panic.
▸ noun: (Canada, US) An event at which cowboy skills are displayed; a rodeo.
▸ noun: (figurative) A sudden unconcerted acting together of a number of persons due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: To cause (a drove or herd of animals) to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
▸ verb: To cause animals (owned by a person) to run away or scamper in this manner.
▸ verb: (by extension) To cause (people in a crowd) to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
▸ verb: (by extension) To cause (an individual) to act hastily or rashly.
▸ verb: (figurative) To cause (people) to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: Of a drove or herd of animals: to run away or scamper in a wild, headlong manner, usually due to fright.
▸ verb: (by extension) Of people in a crowd: to move in the same direction at the same time, especially due to panic.
▸ verb: (figurative) Of people: to act in a sudden unconcerted manner due to, or as if due to, some common impulse.
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