dog·pile
ˈdȯg-ˌpī(-ə)l
variants
or dog pile
or dog-pile
plural dogpiles or dog piles or dog-piles
1
: a mass of people who have piled on top of one another (as in celebrating a sports victory or while fighting)
… baseball teams celebrated with a dogpile—a heap of flailing arms, legs and gloves.—Jami Frankenberry
Another video shows students swinging at each other, and at the bottom of the dogpile is a female teacher.—Peyton Yager
Greg Anthony … exchanged words with Johnson and punched him in the face. Those two went to the floor with a dogpile on top of them.—Zach Buckley
also
: the act or an instance of forming a dogpile
When Sterling's reserves ran out the clock, the starters left the bench for a dog pile at mid-court. Later they doused Rowland with a celebratory water-bottle shower. —Todd Fertig
2
: a barrage of criticism, insults, etc. directed at someone or something by many people
Sanders … recovered his footing after being surprised by the debate's first dogpile, over his non-Democratic voting record on guns.—Dallas Morning News
Other tweets … added to the dogpile of mockery and memes.—Lisa Suhay
variants
or less commonly dog-pile
dogpiled also dog-piled; dogpiling also dog-piling; dogpiles also dog-piles
1
transitive + intransitive
: to form a dogpile around someone especially as part of a fight or celebration
Paga seems like a guy who had a passel of brothers at home, dogpiling and throwing each other across the room.—Tim Keown
Florida dog-piled after it won the Southeastern Conference …—Dirk Chatelain
He then collapsed to his knees and his team dogpiled him on the court.—David Rice
2
transitive + intransitive
of a group of people
: to direct a barrage of criticism, insults, etc. at (someone or something)
Then, when [Tucker] Carlson suggested the U.S. military should be more focused on fighting, DOD brass dogpiled him.—Anders Hagstrom
—often used with onWhen the sci-fi teen romance … hit theaters back in February, critics dogpiled on it for being a flashy, derivative mess …—Chris Nashawaty
We hate to dogpile on the Huskies, but Northeastern's 77-0 loss at UMass Saturday ranked as the most lopsided in the country that day.—Michael Vega
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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