pig pile
To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment…To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment to the victim on the bottom.
Meaning
3 senses(US, colloquial, transitive)To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment to the victim on the bottom.
(US, ambitransitive, colloquial)To jump into such a pile.
(US, ambitransitive, colloquial, figuratively)To act similarly with regard to residential density: to live or cause to live in high-density settlements.
Origin
Originally as a verb, by analogy with the disorderly huddling behavior of pigs.Originally as a verb, by analogy with the disorderly huddling behavior of pigs.
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Forms
pig piles, pig piling, pig piled, pig piled| Base form | pig pile · to pig pile |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | pig piles |
| Present participle | pig piling |
| Past simple | pig piled |
| Past participle | pig piled |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.