Meaning

5 senses

  1. (US, colloquial)A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.

  2. (US, colloquial, figuratively)Any similarly disorderly pile of people or things.

  3. (US, colloquial, euphemistic)A pile of dog excrement.

  4. (Internet)The situation where many participants attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).

  5. A cache stampede.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Tom was dogpiled on Bluesky.

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Origin

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

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.

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Forms

plural: dogpiles

Synonyms

7 synonyms
a pile of people:pig pilescrumruckstacks on the millpile-upstacks on
a pile of dog excrement:dogshit

Word family

1 related words
Relatedstack-upon-the-kill

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doghousedogmadogmaticdohdoingA1doldrums
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