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pan·ic (păn'ĭk)
n.
  1. A sudden, overpowering terror, often affecting many people at once. See synonyms at fear.
  2. A sudden widespread alarm concerning finances, often resulting in a rush to sell property: a stock-market panic.
  3. Slang. One that is uproariously funny.
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or resulting from sudden, overwhelming terror: panic flight.
  2. Of or resulting from a financial panic: panic selling of securities.
  3. often Panic Mythology. Of or relating to Pan.
tr. & intr.v., -icked, -ick·ing, -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.]

panicky pan'ick·y adj.



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