PANIC Word Analysis

(Greek mythology, archaic) Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”)

Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.

Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.

(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.

(countable, computing) Short for kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash.

(countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.

(countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.

To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.

To cause (a computer system) to crash.

To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).

To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.

Of a computer system: to crash.

(originally) Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.

(by extension) A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.

The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.