单词 | pig pile |
释义 | pig pilen. U.S. colloquial. A disordered mass or heap of people, formed around an individual on whom others jump. Also figurative. Cf. dog pile n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > regarded as a whole or a body of people gathered > large or numerous > disorderly frapec1330 rabblea1398 rafflea1450 unlawful assembly1485 rabblement1543 rabble rout?1589 ringat-rangata1600 hurry1620 ribble-rabble1635 tempest1746 cohue1850 pig pile1880 dog pile1921 scrimmage1968 1880 Arthur's Home Mag. Aug. 462/1 Rolling in a mud-puddle, heels up in the air, amid a mound of humanity, very pertinently called a ‘pig-pile’. 1923 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 10 Nov. 1/4 Young Sweeney..was on the bottom of a ‘pig pile’ of youngsters. 1971 H. P. Odegard Politics of Truth xviii. 360 It [sc. government] attains its simplicity, sorting out the pigpile of technological complexity, through leadership with vision. 2006 Boston Herald (Nexis) 27 Feb. 100 At game's end, the Swedish players were jumping in for the traditional mob pig pile on goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1880 |
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