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dogpiling

dogpiling is the present participle and gerund of dogpile.

Meaning of dogpile

Verb

dogpile (third-person singular simple present dogpiles, present participle dogpiling, simple past and past participle dogpiled)

  1. (US, ambitransitive, colloquial, often) To jump into a dogpile.
    • He can either take a beating from one man or... be dogpiled by a dozen men.c. 1947, Tamotsu Shibutani, The Derelicts of Company K, page 273
    Synonyms:
    pile up, pig pile, bundle
  2. (US, ambitransitive, colloquial, figuratively) To pile on, to overwhelm in other senses.
  3. (Internet) For many participants to attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).
    • But this guy was serious, using online payment services and dogpiling her e-mail box within minutes, requesting expedited shipping.2005, Craig Spector, Underground, →ISBN, page 169

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Questions about dogpiling

What is dogpiling the present participle and gerund of?
Dogpiling is the present participle and gerund of dogpile.

Words near dogpiling in the dictionary

  1. dogpile
  2. dogpiled
  3. dogpiler
  4. dogpilers
  5. dogpiles
  6. dogpiling
  7. dogpill
  8. dogproof
  9. dogproofed
  10. dogproofing
  11. dogproofs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dogpiling (page history and authors); dogpile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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