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pan·ic1 
[pan-ik] Pronunciation Key noun, adjective, verb, -icked, -ick·ing.
[pan-ik] Pronunciation Key noun, adjective, verb, -icked, -ick·ing. –noun
–adjective
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals. |
| 2. | an instance, outbreak, or period of such fear. |
| 3. | Finance. a sudden widespread fear concerning financial affairs leading to credit contraction and widespread sale of securities at depressed prices in an effort to acquire cash. |
| 4. | Slang. someone or something that is considered hilariously funny: The comedian was an absolute panic. |
| 5. | of the nature of, caused by, or indicating panic: A wave of panic buying shook the stock market. |
| 6. | (of fear, terror, etc.) suddenly destroying the self-control and impelling to some frantic action. |
| 7. | (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the god Pan. |
| 8. | to affect with panic; terrify and cause to flee or lose self-control. |
| 9. | Slang. to keep (an audience or the like) highly amused. |
| 10. | to be stricken with panic; become frantic with fear: The herd panicked and stampeded. |
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pan·ic2
[pan-ik] Pronunciation Key
[pan-ik] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Also called panic grass. any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain. |
| 2. | the grain. |
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L pānicum a kind of millet]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| pan·ic
(pān'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
n.
adj.
tr. & intr.v. pan·icked, pan·ick·ing, pan·ics To affect or be affected with panic. See Synonyms at frighten. [From French panique, terrified, from Greek Pānikos, of Pan (a source of terror, as in flocks or herds), groundless (used of fear), from Pān, Pan; see Pan.] pan'ick·y adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
panic (1)
panic (1)
"mass terror," 1603, as an adj. (with fear, terror, etc.), from Fr. panique (15c.), from Gk. panikon, lit. "pertaining to Pan," in sense of "panic, fright" short for panikon deima, from neut. of Panikos "of Pan," the god of woods and fields who was the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots. As a noun, first recorded 1708. Meaning "widespread apprehension about financial matters" is first recorded 1757. The verb is 1827, from the noun. Panicky is first recorded 1869. Panic button in fig. sense is first recorded 1955, the literal sense apparently is from parachuting.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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panic (2)
panic (2)
"type of grass," c.1420, from O.Fr. panic "Italian millet," from L. panicum "kind of millet," from panus "ear of millet, a swelling," of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| panic | |
noun | |
| 1. | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
| 2. | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building" |
verb | |
| 1. | be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away" |
| 2. | cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners" |
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pan'ic v.
panic pan·ic (pān'ĭk)
n.
A sudden overpowering feeling of terror.
pan'ic v.
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panic
1.
Unix manual page: panic(8).
2. Action taken by software which discovers some fatal problem which prevents it from continuing to run.
(1995-03-01)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Panic
Pan"ic\, n. [L. panicum.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass. Panic grass (Bot.), any grass of the genus Panicum.
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Panic
Pan"ic\, a. [Gr. ? of or pertaining to ? Pan, to whom the causing of sudden fright was ascribed: cf. F. panique.] Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. "A panic fright." --Dryden.
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Panic
Pan"ic\, n. [Gr. ? (with or without ? fear): cf. F. panigue. See Panic, a.]1. 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. 2. By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
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