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dogpile en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɔɡ ˌpaɪl/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈdɑɡ ˌpaɪl/ (US)
  • /ˈdɒɡ pʌɪl/ (UK)

Etymology

From dog + pile. In reference to piles of people, originally as a noun after earlier pig pile. In reference to dog excrement, a clipping of pile of shit.

Meanings

  1. (US, colloquial) A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.
    • The bottom man of a 'dog pile' in a fraternity house scuffle is in a hospital with a neck dislocation. 1948 November 21, Los Angeles Times, Sect. i, p. 20
  2. (US, colloquial, figuratively) Any similarly disorderly pile of people or things.
    • Purdy tucked the pigskin under his elbow and cantered over a dog-pile for a tally. 1921 November 19, The Nebraska State Journal, page 3:
    • Unscrambling the dogpile of objects can be messy. 1993, Christopher G. Jones, “Object-Oriented Analysis with CASE”, in Computer-aided Software Engineering, →ISBN, page 348:
  3. (US, colloquial, euphemistic) A pile of dog excrement.
    • Mrs. Brown cleaned her lawn up bright and early each day; Picked up all the dog piles so her children could play. 1950 March 6, The Tri-City Herald, page 6:
  4. (Internet) The situation where many participants attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).
  5. A cache stampede.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dog-pile alternative lexicographic
dogpiles Number=Plur lexicographic
dog pile alternative lexicographic

Relateds

more sacks to the mill · stack-upon-the-kill

Synonyms

dogshit (a pile of dog excrement) · scrum (a pile of people) · pile-up (a pile of people) · stacks on (a pile of people) · ruck (a pile of people) · pig pile (a pile of people) · stacks on the mill (a pile of people)

dogpile en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɔɡ ˌpaɪl/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈdɑɡ ˌpaɪl/ (US)
  • /ˈdɒɡ pʌɪl/ (UK)

Etymology

From dog + pile. In reference to piles of people, originally as a noun after earlier pig pile. In reference to dog excrement, a clipping of pile of shit.

Meanings

  1. (US, ambitransitive, colloquial, often, with 'on') To jump into a dogpile.
    • That story — about Carlson’s conflicted response to the sight of “a group of Trump guys” dogpiling an “Antifa kid” — appears to involve a crisis of conscience, an unexpected, chastening eruption of empathy. 2023 May 3, A. O. Scott, “Tucker Carlson’s Code of Whiteness”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • A vampire got her around the neck from behind; then more, dogpiling her. 2003, Nancy Holder, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen, →ISBN, page 657:
    • I fumbled the snap, fell on the ball and about 10 guys dog-piled on top of me. 1989 September 7, The Los Angeles Times, Sect. ix, p. 16
    • He can either take a beating from one man or... be dogpiled by a dozen men. c. 1947, Tamotsu Shibutani, The Derelicts of Company K, page 273:
  2. (US, ambitransitive, colloquial, figuratively) To pile on, to overwhelm in other senses.
  3. (Internet) For many participants to attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).
    • But this guy was serious, using online payment services and dogpiling her e-mail box within minutes, requesting expedited shipping. 2005, Craig Spector, Underground, →ISBN, page 169:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dogpiled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dogpiled Tense=Past lexicographic
dogpiles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
dog pile alternative lexicographic
dog-pile alternative lexicographic
dogpiling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

dogpiler

Synonyms

bundle (to form a dogpile) · pile up (to form a dogpile) · pig pile (to form a dogpile)