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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