Definition of panic

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Panic (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic..

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Drum :: Drum (n.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane..
Skedaddle :: Skedaddle (v. i.) To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away..
Para Grass :: Para grass () A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced into the Southern United States from Brazil.
Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb..
Paniculate :: Paniculate (a.) Alt. of Paniculate.
Broom Corn :: Broom corn () A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made..
Assapanic :: Assapanic (n.) The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).
Panicum :: Panicum (n.) A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass..
Hispanic :: Hispanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words..
Millet :: Millet (n.) The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica..
Yucca :: Yucca (n.) A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms..
Oatmeal :: Oatmeal (n.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass.
Hispanicize :: Hispanicize (v. t.) To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words..
Malleus :: Malleus (n.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far..
Panic-stricken :: Panic-stricken (a.) Alt. of Panic-struc.
Panic :: Panic (a.) By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
Lilly-pilly :: Lilly-pilly (n.) An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained..
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The ear drum, or middle ear. Sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. See Ear..
Columella :: Columella (n.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear..
Stampede :: Stampede (v. t.) 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..
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