a headlong rush or flight of a large group of people as from fear or confusion.

a headlong rush or flight of a large group of people as from fear or confusion.

the act, fact or sound of laughing.

being very near; close; proximate.

intimate; closely associated.

the condition or quality of being very close; proximity; nearness.

the space or region that is proximate.

bound by chain or fetters; fettered; shackled.

allowing or providing no inflexibility; difficult.

a chain for the feet of an elephant.

to laugh (usu. with explosive sounds of the voice).

to laugh derisively or ridiculingly.

that is hidden.

kept from public knowledge or from the knowledge of a certain person or persons; secret.

that is very difficult to understand or beyond human understanding.

something known only to a certain person or persons and purposely kept from the knowledge of others; a secret.