Panickadjective
obsolete form of panic
Panicknoun
obsolete form of panic
Panickverb
obsolete form of panic
Panicadjective
Pertaining to the god Pan.
Panicadjective
Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).
Panicnoun
Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.
Panicnoun
Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices.
Panicnoun
(computing) A kernel panic or system crash.
Panicnoun
(botany) A plant of the genus Panicum.
Panicverb
(intransitive) To feel overwhelming fear.
Panicverb
(transitive) To cause somebody to panic.
Panicverb
To crash.
Panicverb
To cause the system to crash.
Panicnoun
A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.
Panicnoun
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.
Panicnoun
By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
Panicadjective
Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; - said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm.
Panicnoun
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Panicnoun
sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events;
Panicverb
be overcome by a sudden fear;
Panicverb
cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic;
Panic
Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reaction. Panic may occur singularly in individuals or manifest suddenly in large groups as mass panic (closely related to herd behavior).