Definition of "dogpile"

The bottom man of a 'dog pile' in a fraternity house scuffle is in a hospital with a neck dislocation.

1948 November 21, Los Angeles Times, Sect. i, p. 20

Purdy tucked the pigskin under his elbow and cantered over a dog-pile for a tally.

1921 November 19, The Nebraska State Journal, page 3

Unscrambling the dogpile of objects can be messy.

1993, Christopher G. Jones, “Object-Oriented Analysis with CASE”, in Computer-aided Software Engineering‎, page 348

Mrs. Brown cleaned her lawn up bright and early each day;Picked up all the dog piles so her children could play.

1950 March 6, The Tri-City Herald‎, page 6

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

I fumbled the snap, fell on the ball and about 10 guys dog-piled on top of me.

1989 September 7, The Los Angeles Times, Sect. ix, p. 16

A vampire got her around the neck from behind; then more, dogpiling her.

2003, Nancy Holder, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen‎, page 657

That story — about Carlson’s conflicted response to the sight of “a group of Trump guys” dogpiling an “Antifa kid” — appears to involve a crisis of conscience, an unexpected, chastening eruption of empathy.

2023 May 3, A. O. Scott, “Tucker Carlson’s Code of Whiteness”, in The New York Times‎

But this guy was serious, using online payment services and dogpiling her e-mail box within minutes, requesting expedited shipping.

2005, Craig Spector, Underground‎, page 169