HIT THE PANIC BUTTON

Meaning of HIT THE PANIC BUTTON in English

(Slang) start panicking, begin over-reacting

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

HIT THE PANIC BUTTON — panic button, hit etc the expr infml 1. She hit the panic button and just went to pieces Она запаниковала …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
PANIC — I. ˈpanik, -nēk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English panik, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French panic Italian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIT — I. ˈhit, usu -id.+V verb ( hit ; hit ; hitting ; hits ) Etymology: Middle English hitten, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
PANIC — (a.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension …
Английский словарь Webster
PANIC — panic 1 — panicky , adj. /pan"ik/ , n., adj., v., panicked, panicking . n. 1. a sudden overwhelming fear, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIT — — hitless , adj. — hittable , adj. — hitter , n. /hit/ , v. , hit, hitting , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PANIC — I. ˈpa-nik adjective Etymology: French panique, from Greek panikos, literally, of Pan, from Pan Date: 1603 1. : of, relating …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIT — I. ˈhit verb ( hit ; hit·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hyttan, probably from Old Norse hitta …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PANIC — adj by extension: a sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs. 2. panic ·noun a plant of the genus …
Webster English vocab
HIT — pron it. 2. hit ·impf & ·p.p. of hit. 3. hit ·- 3d pers. ·sg ·pres. of hide, contracted from …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
PANIC — [pan.ic] adj [F panique, fr. Gk panikos, lit., of Pan, fr. Pan] (1603) 1: of, relating to, or resembling the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIT — [hit] vb hit ; hit.ting [ME, fr. OE hittan, fr. ON hitta to meet with, hit] vt (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUTTON
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PANIC — in economics, acute financial disturbance, such as widespread bank failures, feverish stock speculation followed by a market crash, or a …
Britannica English vocabulary
BUTTON — usually disklike piece of solid material having holes or a shank through which it is sewed to one side of …
Britannica English vocabulary
PANIC — panic BrE AmE ˈpæn ɪk ▷ panic|ked t ▷ panic|king ɪŋ ▷ panic|s s ▶ ˈ panic ˌ button BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PANIC — / ˈpænɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U , C , usually sing. ] 1. a sudden …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTON — / ˈbʌtn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a small round piece of metal, plastic, etc. that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PANIC — I. pan ‧ ic 1 S3 /ˈpænɪk/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: panique 'caused …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUTTON — I. but ‧ ton 1 S2 /ˈbʌtn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PANIC — n. & v. --n. 1 a sudden uncontrollable fear or alarm. b (attrib.) characterized or caused by panic (panic buying). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIT — v. & n. --v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
PANIC — n. & v. n. 1 a sudden uncontrollable fear or alarm. b (attrib.) characterized or caused by panic (panic buying). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIT — v. & n. v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PANIC — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a sudden uncontrollable fear or alarm. b (attrib.) characterized or caused by panic (panic …
Oxford English vocab
HIT — v. & n. --v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1. tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
PANIC — ( panics, panicking, panicked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Panic is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT — ( hits, hitting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'hit' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTON — ( buttons, buttoning, buttoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Buttons are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PANIC — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sense of relief/panic/guilt etc ▪ We reached the medical centre with a sense …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUTTON — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an alarm button ▪ He hit the alarm button under the desk. at/with the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PANIC — n. In economics, a severe financial disturbance, such as widespread bank failures, feverish stock speculation followed by a market crash, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PANIC — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ blind , complete , mad ( esp. BrE ), pure , sheer , total , utter ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HIT — I. noun 1 act of hitting sth/sb ADJECTIVE ▪ direct VERB + HIT ▪ deliver , give sth , land …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUTTON — I. noun 1 for fastening clothes ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom , top ▪ The top ~ of his shirt was undone. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HIT — INDEX: 1. to hit someone deliberately 2. to hit someone repeatedly 3. a car/train/plane etc hits something 4. to hit …
Longman Activator English vocab
HIT — n. 25B6; verb she hit her child : STRIKE, slap, smack, cuff, punch, thump, swat; beat, thrash, batter, belabour, pound, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIT — v. 1 strike, cuff, smack, knock, whack, bash, bang, thump, thwack, punch, buffet, slap, swat, bludgeon, club, smite; spank, thrash, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PANIC — I 1. сущ. 1) паника, переполох, тревога panic among the population ≈ паника среди населения to avert, prevent panic ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIT — 1. сущ. 1) толчок, удар 2) попадание; удачная попытка to take a hit ≈ получать прямой удар direct hit ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PANIC — panic.ogg _I ʹpænık n бот. бор развесистый ( Millium effusum ) _II 1. ʹpænık n 1. паника panic on the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HIT — hit.ogg 1. hıt n 1. удар, толчок a hit with a hammer - удар молотом a clever hit - меткий …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUTTON
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUTTON — 1) кнопка; клавиша 2) матем. палец; штифт 3) заглушка; тарелка ( клапана ) 4) щеколда ( двери или окна ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BUTTON — 1) кнопка; клавиша 2) матем. палец; штифт 3) заглушка; тарелка (клапана) 4) щеколда (двери или окна) 5) анодный вывод (ЭЛТ) 6) электрод (каротажного микрозонда) 7) навеска; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BUTTON — 1) кнопка; кнопочное устройство || кнопочный 2) строит. подкладка, прокладка 3) сферическая головка 4) рельеф, выступ 5) тарелка (клапана) 6) ядро сварной точки - ball button - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PANIC — I panic сущ.1) паника, переполох, тревога panic among the population — паника среди населения to avert, prevent panic — предотвращать, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PANIC — _I ʹpænık n бот. бор развесистый ( Millium effusum ) _II 1. ʹpænık n 1. паника panic on the Stock …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HIT — 1. hıt n 1. удар, толчок a hit with a hammer - удар молотом a clever hit - меткий удар …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PANIC — I ˈpænɪk 1. сущ. 1) паника, переполох, тревога panic among the population — паника среди населения to avert, prevent panic …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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