Dogpile vs Yirbal - What's the difference?
dogpile | yirbal |
A mound of people, especially people who are fighting or celebrating.
* {{quote-book, 1977, Billy Knott and James Tate, Lucky Darryl
, passage=The crowd lept into a wrestling dogpile , each trying to grab as many of the black slips as possible.}}
Any indiscriminate jumble of things.
* {{quote-book, 1993, Christopher G. Jones, Computer-aided Software Engineering, chapter=Object-Oriented Analysis with CASE
, passage=Unscrambling the dogpile of objects can be messy.}}
To jump on top of someone, usually in a group.
* {{quote-book, 2003, Nancy Holder, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen, page=657
, passage=A vampire got her around the neck from behind; then more, dogpiling her.}}
To pile on or overwhelm, such as with criticism or praise.
* {{quote-book, 2005, , Underground, page=169
, passage=But this guy was serious, using online payment services and dogpiling her e-mail box within minutes, requesting expedited shipping.}}
dogpile
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Noun
(en noun)citation
citation
Verb
(dogpil)citation
citation