(Internet slang) The situation where many participants attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).
Used in a Sentence
dogpile
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dogpile.
Editorial note
You might actually find Dogpile (also by Mike Bayer) more approachable and useful in this context.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
(Internet slang) The situation where many participants attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of dogpile gathered in one view.
(Internet slang) For many participants to attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).
(US colloquial) A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for dogpile.
noun
(Internet slang) The situation where many participants attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).
verb
(Internet slang) For many participants to attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).
noun
(US colloquial) A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.
noun
(figurative, US colloquial) Any similarly disorderly pile of people or things.
Example sentences
You might actually find Dogpile (also by Mike Bayer) more approachable and useful in this context.
I was logged in, and signed out, and dogpile was still above altavista when I refreshed the page.
Just to add on to the dogpile, even the Fry's in Indianapolis is in a building originally built for an Incredible Universe.
Perhaps the better option would have been to tase him which may be safer than having 5-6 people dogpile on you (suffocation risk).
Long ago, there was a search engine named Dogpile that would search Google and Altavista and Yahoo and Ask Jeeves about a dozen others.
I'm not logged in and I'm also getting Dogpile as #1 result.
I almost got in trouble with a friend for using dogpile.
However, when I cleared my cookies, Altavista and dogpile switched places.
Evidence is in some 10-year-old Red Herrings that mention: Alta Vista, Lycos, Web Crawler, DogPile, mySimon, etc., etc..
For some reason our computer teacher in elementary school had a strange obsession with this site and we were only allowed to use dogpile instead of any of those sites individually.
Quote examples
I made this abundantly clear in my OP, however the desperate, sad dogpile of waylaid Arment defenders ("OMG!
To my mind, that was what "devops" was supposed to be, but it's been a bit of a dogpile in the years since the term gained popularity.
I don't really know, aside from I hate the "internet dogpile" effect.
So here I am, everyone dogpile on VLM because I'm (sorta) GF but I'm "that guy" who will sometimes eat a slice of cake or drink A beer, despite being GF.
Proper noun examples
I used Dogpile, which searched about 5 engines and gave you the results for all of them.
There's also Metasearch engines: Blingo, Yippy, DeeperWeb, Dogpile, HotBot, and a dozen more.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use dogpile in a sentence?
You might actually find Dogpile (also by Mike Bayer) more approachable and useful in this context.
What does dogpile mean?
(Internet slang) The situation where many participants attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).
What part of speech is dogpile?
dogpile is commonly used as noun, verb.