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Meaning of panic

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

panic

Pronunciation:/ˈpænɪk/

noun

Definitions

  1. Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.

  2. Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices.

  3. A kernel panic or system crash.

verb

Definitions

  1. To feel overwhelming fear.

  2. To cause somebody to panic.

  3. (by extension) To crash.

  4. (by extension) To cause the system to crash.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the god Pan.

  2. Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).