Dogpile

Origin

From dog + pile, from analogy with a group of dogs sleeping in a pile.

Full definition of dogpile

Noun

1. A mound of people, especially people who are fighting or celebrating.
• The crowd lept into a wrestling dogpile, each trying to grab as many of the black slips as possible.
2. Any indiscriminate jumble of things.
• Unscrambling the dogpile of objects can be messy.

Verb

1. To jump on top of someone, usually in a group.
• A vampire got her around the neck from behind; then more, dogpiling her.
2. To pile on or overwhelm, such as with criticism or praise.
• But this guy was serious, using online payment services and dogpiling her e-mail box within minutes, requesting expedited shipping.