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Panic   /pˈænɪk/   Listen
noun
Panic  n.  (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.


Panic  n.  
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.


adjective
Panic  adj.  Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. "A panic fright."





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"Panic" Quotes from Famous Books



... was turning to go, and in her panic Rebecca awaited no second bidding, but scrambled quickly though clumsily to ...
— The Panchronicon • Harold Steele Mackaye
... but Balaam is silent!" cried the bee-hunter, catching his breath after a repeated burst of noisy mirth, that might possibly have added to the panic of the buffaloes by its vociferation. "The man is as completely dumb-founded, as if a swarm of young bees had settled on the end of his tongue, and he not willing to speak, ...
— The Prairie • J. Fenimore Cooper
... seized with sudden panic. "Supposing he is here, after all, and has deliberately not answered ...
— The Lamp of Fate • Margaret Pedler
... could protect himself from swift and extempore justice. He gathered his clothes, and, after a long private conference with his mother, started before daylight for the railway-station. As he does not appear on the stage again, we may say here, that, not long after, during a financial panic in New York, he made a fortune of nearly half a million dollars by speculating in stocks. He used to tell his friends in after years that he had "only five thousand to begin with,—the sole property left him by his lamented ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 11, September, 1858 • Various
... moment her only star of hope. She paced the room unable to forecast the happenings of the next hour, yet supposing that her very life depended upon its content. The sudden joy that had come to her this morning joined with her fear, and produced panic of heart. ...
— The Mormon Prophet • Lily Dougall


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