DOGPILE
Etymology
Noun
dogpile (plural dogpiles)
(US colloquial) A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.
(figurative, US colloquial) Any similarly disorderly pile of people or things.
(US colloquial, euphemism) A pile of dogshit.
Synonyms
• (a pile of people): pig pile (upon a single victim, colloq.); scrum, ruck (esp. rugby); stacks on the mill, stacks on (esp. Australian football); pile-up (esp. US football)
• (a pile of dogshit): See dogshit
Verb
dogpile (third-person singular simple present dogpiles, present participle dogpiling, simple past and past participle dogpiled)
(US colloquial, ambitransitive, often with 'on') To jump into a dogpile.
(figurative, US, colloquial, ambitransitive) To pile on, to overwhelm in other senses.
Synonyms
• (to form a dogpile): pile up; pig pile (colloq.); bundle (slang)
Source: Wiktionary
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