panic-buy

verb

To buy items in unwarrantedly large quantities in a panicked response to coming shortages or price rises.

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Meanings

verbpanic-buy (third-person singular simple present panic-buys, present participle panic-buying, simple past and past participle panic-bought)

present singular third person panic-buys · participle present panic-buying · participle past panic-bought · past panic-bought

  1. transitivebusinessTo buy items in unwarrantedly large quantities in a panicked response to coming shortages or price rises.
nounpanic-buy (plural panic-buys)

plural panic-buys

  1. An instance of panic buying.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with panic-buy

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Cite this entry
APA

panic-buy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panic-buy

MLA

“panic-buy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panic-buy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “panic-buy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panic-buy.

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