dogpile

American  

[dawg-pahyl, dog] / ˈdɔgˌpaɪl, ˈdɒg /

Or dog-pile

noun

1. a number of people throwing themselves on top of one another, as in a brawl or a celebration of victory.

   Frank hauls in the pass just after crossing the goal line, ending up under a dogpile of his teammates in the end zone.

2. a flurry of critical or negative comments about someone or something by a large number of people.

   Take a perfectly reputable person, find a weakness, convince others to join the dogpile against them, and pretty soon you destroy them.

3. any large, rapid, or disorderly accumulation.

   There’s no way anybody can stay abreast of the dogpile of updates the average user receives daily.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. to join or form a jumble of people throwing themselves on top of (someone), as in a brawl or a celebration of victory.

   Several of the club’s bouncers dogpiled on my hapless brother.

   Players dogpiled the young hero after his last-minute winning goal.

2. to join with others in a flurry of critical or negative comments about (someone or something).

   It’s my first post here, so don't dogpile me!

   Not to dogpile on you, kiddo, but I agree—you were the one who started it all with the sarcasm.

3. to load (someone or something) to the limit.

   When programming, don’t try to dogpile too many operations into one component of the application.

   Political attention will sometimes dogpile onto a single issue.

Etymology

Origin of dogpile

First recorded in 1910–15; dog ( def. ) + pile ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

The reason I bring all this up is it seems it’s about that time again for many to in fact Dogpile on social media and in particular on social media marketing.

From Forbes • Nov. 29, 2012