A sudden widespread alarm concerning finances, often resulting in a rush to sell property to raise cash, A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger, Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals, verb_ To feel overwhelming fear, cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic, be overcome by a sudden fear, adjective_ Pertaining to the god Pan, Of fear, fright etc_ sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan), Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright