Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heap or cluster of people pressed closely together or piled on top of each other, as in celebration or assault.
- noun In football, a heap of players that have leapt or fallen on top of a tackled ball carrier or loose football.
- noun An outpouring of like-minded criticisms or retorts in response to something.
- noun A deposit of dog excrement.
- transitive verb To form a dogpile around or on top of.
- transitive verb In football, to form a dogpile on top of (a ball carrier or loose football).
- transitive verb To join in the criticism or condemnation of.
- intransitive verb To form a dogpile.
- intransitive verb To join in an outpouring of criticism or condemnation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mound of people, especially people who are fighting or celebrating. - noun Any indiscriminate
jumble of things. - verb To
jump on top of someone, usually in a group. - verb To
pile on oroverwhelm , such as with criticism or praise.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The "dogpile" concludes with Bert saying "Lee Garner, Jr. never took you seriously because you never took yourself seriously."
Janet Turley: Mad Men Season 4, Ep 11: Life and Death -- It's All Just Business Janet Turley 2010
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The "dogpile" concludes with Bert saying "Lee Garner, Jr. never took you seriously because you never took yourself seriously."
Janet Turley: Mad Men Season 4, Ep 11: Life and Death -- It's All Just Business Janet Turley 2010
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Online fandom's version of this is the "dogpile", in which a small scale dispute explodes into a drama with a cast of thousands.
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That kind of dogpile makes a good thing even better.
ccfinlay: Blog Posts I Haven't Made Recently ccfinlay 2005
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I believe this is what Duncan sometimes refers to as a 'dogpile'.
gloriagoodbody: I believe this is what Duncan sometimes refers to as a 'dogpile'. gloriagoodbody 2006
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This prevents a minor case of "dogpile" behavior which would otherwise occur upon a heavy load startup.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Linux 2010
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This prevents a minor case of "dogpile" behavior which would otherwise occur upon a heavy load startup.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Linux 2010
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gloriagoodbody: I believe this is what Duncan sometimes refers to as a 'dogpile'.
gloriagoodbody: I believe this is what Duncan sometimes refers to as a 'dogpile'. gloriagoodbody 2006
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This slapfight, dogpile, shitstorm, whatever you want to call it, has been so severe that I am wondering if I should even try.
My only statement on the cultural appropriation imbroglio ktempest 2009
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The snowpocalypse meant no first visit with new rheumatologist, and there's just a dogpile of * stuff*.
Bukowski on writing ambelies 2009
amacleod03 commented on the word dogpile
To leap on top of someone, of groups of people, or individuals.
July 11, 2009
TankHughes commented on the word dogpile
*hug bilby quite tightly*
EVERYBODY JUMP ON OR THIS WORD WON'T MAKE ANY SENSE!
It's Hug an Australian Day!!
April 26, 2016
bilby commented on the word dogpile
Awwww!
April 26, 2016
beatnik1994 commented on the word dogpile
To form a big group pile up on someone, usually in jest or celebration
March 6, 2021