- stampede
- 1828, from Mex.Sp. estampida, from Sp., "an uproar," from estamper "to stamp, press, pound," from Gmc. root of Eng. stamp (v.). The verb is from 1823. The political sense is first recorded 1846. As the name of an annual exhibition of cowboy skills in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, it is attested from 1912.