pig-pilev.

Brit.

/ˈpɪɡpʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈpɪɡˌpaɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.¹, pile v.²

Etymology: < pig n.¹ + pile v.² Compare later pig pile n., and also dog-pile v.

U.S. colloquial.

1. transitive. Of a person: to cause (a number of people) to lie on top of one another to form a pig pile. Of a number of people: to jump on top of (a person) to form a pig pile. Also used hyperbolically in Town Planning. Cf. pig pile n.

ΚΠ

1873 Ballou's Monthly Mag. June 595/2 She made the worst speller lie down on the floor, the next worst on top of him, and so pig-piled the whole class, dressing off the upper one with a shingle.

1969 Voyageurs National Park (Hearing before U.S. House Comm. on Interior) 70 We feel that this is..an area that can give enjoyment to thousands of people without pig-piling them and without causing major ecological disturbances.

1970 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 14 May a24/1 After knocking him down, they ‘pig-piled’ him.

1999 R. Murphy Empire & Victory 18 That's why they kicked him out of Cub Scouts in fourth grade—he was chicken and the whole pack pig-piled him and tore his shirt.

2. intransitive. Of a number of people: to jump on top of another to form a pig pile. Also (and recorded earliest) in hyperbolical use in Town Planning.

ΚΠ

1957 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 11 Dec. 32/7 We're pig-piling in hot spots. If the entire population were to be given an acre of ground..they wouldn't occupy the state of Texas.

1989 Seattle Times (Nexis) 23 June 8 They pig-piled at the very end, and we threw ice cubes on them.

2004 Boston Globe (Nexis) 18 Mar. 10 Rockland players pig-piled on the court to celebrate their win.

Derivatives

ˈpig-piling n.

ΚΠ

1945 F. L. Wright When Democracy Builds (ed. 2) i. 3 The citizen condemns himself to unnatural pig-piling—aspiring to a sterile verticality. He is upended and suspended by his own excess.

1962 Bennington (Vermont) Banner 24 Oct. 6/2 (heading) Pig piling... We warned [American football] coaches..that strict penalties would be assessed for excessive roughness especially piling on.

2000 Seattle Weekly (Nexis) 29 June 31 A broken arm from on-stage pig-piling.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pig-pile
释义	pig-pilev. Brit. /ˈpɪɡpʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌpaɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.¹, pile v.² Etymology: < pig n.¹ + pile v.² Compare later pig pile n., and also dog-pile v. U.S. colloquial. 1. transitive. Of a person: to cause (a number of people) to lie on top of one another to form a pig pile. Of a number of people: to jump on top of (a person) to form a pig pile. Also used hyperbolically in Town Planning. Cf. pig pile n. ΚΠ 1873 Ballou's Monthly Mag. June 595/2 She made the worst speller lie down on the floor, the next worst on top of him, and so pig-piled the whole class, dressing off the upper one with a shingle. 1969 Voyageurs National Park (Hearing before U.S. House Comm. on Interior) 70 We feel that this is..an area that can give enjoyment to thousands of people without pig-piling them and without causing major ecological disturbances. 1970 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 14 May a24/1 After knocking him down, they ‘pig-piled’ him. 1999 R. Murphy Empire & Victory 18 That's why they kicked him out of Cub Scouts in fourth grade—he was chicken and the whole pack pig-piled him and tore his shirt. 2. intransitive. Of a number of people: to jump on top of another to form a pig pile. Also (and recorded earliest) in hyperbolical use in Town Planning. ΚΠ 1957 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 11 Dec. 32/7 We're pig-piling in hot spots. If the entire population were to be given an acre of ground..they wouldn't occupy the state of Texas. 1989 Seattle Times (Nexis) 23 June 8 They pig-piled at the very end, and we threw ice cubes on them. 2004 Boston Globe (Nexis) 18 Mar. 10 Rockland players pig-piled on the court to celebrate their win. Derivatives ˈpig-piling n. ΚΠ 1945 F. L. Wright When Democracy Builds (ed. 2) i. 3 The citizen condemns himself to unnatural pig-piling—aspiring to a sterile verticality. He is upended and suspended by his own excess. 1962 Bennington (Vermont) Banner 24 Oct. 6/2 (heading) Pig piling... We warned [American football] coaches..that strict penalties would be assessed for excessive roughness especially piling on. 2000 Seattle Weekly (Nexis) 29 June 31 A broken arm from on-stage pig-piling. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1873
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