panic
 pan·ic (pănʹĭk)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. pan·icked, pan·ick·ing, pan·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.] panʹick·y adj.
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