panic
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from Middle French panique, a word itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós, “pertaining to Pan”); Pan, the Greek god of fields and woods, was believed to be the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots.
Adjective sense 3 (“pertaining to or resulting from overpowering fear or fright”) is partly an attributive use of the noun.
The noun is derived from the adjective, while the verb is derived from the noun. Verb sense 1.3 (“to highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show”) is derived from noun sense 4 (“a highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show”).
Inflected forms:
form: panics
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: panicking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: panicked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: panicked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He told us he'd almost stepped on Ellen's body that night—dead and stiffening. Then I'd come round the corner and hailed him, and that panicked him.
gloss: To cause (a computer system) to crash.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If your new driver has an error that panics the system when you load the driver, then the system will panic again when it tries to reboot after the panic. The system will continue the cycle of panic, reboot, and panic as it attempts to reload the faulty driver every time it reboots after panic.
gloss: To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
pos: verb
tags: US
colloquial
transitive
gloss: To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I don't want you to be hopeful, I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day and then I want you to act.
gloss: Of a computer system: to crash.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Derived words: panic-buy
panic-buyer
panic buying
panicked
panicker
panicking
panickingly
panic-sell
panic selling
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: խուճապի մատնվել
roman: xučapi matnvel
lang: Belarusian
word: панікава́ць
roman: panikavácʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: паникьосвам се
roman: panikjosvam se
lang: Catalan
word: entrar en pànic
lang: Catalan
word: espantar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 恐慌
roman: kǒnghuāng
lang: Czech
word: panikařit
lang: Dutch
word: in paniek raken
lang: Esperanto
word: panikiĝi
lang: Finnish
word: panikoida
lang: French
word: paniquer
lang: French
word: s'affoler
lang: German
word: in Panik geraten
lang: German
word: in Panik verfallen
lang: Greek
word: πανικοβάλλομαι
roman: panikovállomai
lang: Hungarian
word: pánikba esik
lang: Hungarian
word: pánikol
lang: Ingrian
word: hätähyä
lang: Ingrian
word: hätästyä
lang: Irish
word: scanraigh
lang: Italian
word: gettarsi nel panico
lang: Italian
word: spaventarsi
lang: Japanese
word: パニックになる
roman: panikku ni naru
lang: Khmer
word: ភ័យក្ដុក
roman: pʰey kdok
lang: Khmer
word: ស្លន់
roman: slɑn
lang: Latin
word: patiō pavōrem
lang: Latin
word: patior pavōrem
lang: Māori
word: maurirere
lang: Norwegian
word: få panikk
lang: Polish
word: panikować
lang: Portuguese
word: apavorar
lang: Portuguese
word: deixar em pânico
lang: Romanian
word: panica
lang: Russian
word: паникова́ть
roman: panikovátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: aterrarse
lang: Spanish
word: espantarse
lang: Spanish
word: entrar en pánico
lang: Spanish
word: alarmarse
lang: Spanish
word: paniquearse
lang: Spanish
word: empanicarse
lang: Spanish
word: paniquiar
lang: Spanish
word: apanicarse
lang: Swedish
word: få panik
lang: Turkish
word: paniğe kapılmak
lang: Turkish
word: paniklemek
lang: Turkish
word: panik olmak
lang: Turkish
word: panik yapmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: панікува́ти
roman: panikuváty
lang: Welsh
word: cynhyrfu
lang: Welsh
word: dychryn
lang: Welsh
word: rhusio