gangpile
gangpile noun: an argument or fight in which one side is greatly advantaged by being more numerous or more closely allied than the other side.
Noun
gangpile (plural gangpiles)
- An argument or fight in which one side is greatly advantaged by being more numerous or more closely allied than the other side.
- Sting gets ready to punk them all out, but then the NWO attack Hogan in a massive gangpile.1997 November 3, Liquorhead, “Monday Night Raw - Quit with the DGenX crap!”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022
- What I'm referring to is the consistent and repeated pattern of attacks from you three members off the Bully Brigade, to the point where I can identify a post one of you three will attack before you even attack it, followed by the gangpile on the hapless person when they react.2001 June 5, Rev. Tiernan, “apologies to this group”, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022
- Synonyms:
- pile on
Verb
gangpile (third-person singular simple present gangpiles, present participle gangpiling, simple past and past participle gangpiled)
- To attack someone or something as a group.
- Try to gangpile someone who has a paralyzing touch...1997 January 25, Mika Elmeranta, “Creative Spell Use”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022
- Strategy to win a game ala Heatwave, requires three countries to participate:
Country A attacks country X
Countries B & C gangpile on X
Country B attacks country Y
Countries A & C gangpile on Y
Country C attacks country Z
Countries A & B gangpile on Z
(countries X, Y and Z are 4 times smaller than...1999 October 20, Mikhail Sergeyvich Gorbachev, “Empire players have become soft, pathetic whiners”, in rec.games.empire (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022
- Synonyms:
- dogpile, gang up on, pile on
Examples of gangpile in a sentence
- I've always wanted to gangpile onto a mastodon, naked and stabbing it with a spear.2000 November 13, Rev. Syd Midnight, “Two wonderful sentences”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022:
- It's like there's about a 10-pound window of "acceptable" weight for women, and if you go the slightest bit above or below that, everyone feels free to gangpile on and scream abuse at you.2004 July 2, Sali Mali, “Hilary Duff Plumps Up”, in alt.showbiz.gossip (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022:
- The bad guys can't gangpile you because they don't have any actions to do it with.2014 March 26, Loren Pechtel, “Most Powerful Cleric Spell ever.”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022:
Synonyms of gangpile
Forms of gangpile
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gangpiles |
| alternative form | gang-pile |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gangpiles |
| present participle | gangpiling |
| past participle | gangpiled |
| past | gangpiled |
Origin of gangpile
From gang + pile, likely based on dogpile.
Questions about gangpile
- What does gangpile mean?
- Gangpile means an argument or fight in which one side is greatly advantaged by being more numerous or more closely allied than the other side.
- How do you use gangpile in a sentence?
- I've always wanted to gangpile onto a mastodon, naked and stabbing it with a spear.
- What part of speech is gangpile?
- Gangpile can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of gangpile?
- The plural of gangpile is gangpiles.
Words near gangpile in the dictionary
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