gangpile

plural gangpiles · alternative gang-pile

1. colloquialAn argument or fight in which one side is greatly advantaged by being more numerous or more closely allied than the other side.

   Sting gets ready to punk them all out, but then the NWO attack Hogan in a massive gangpile.

   1997 November 3, Liquorhead, “Monday Night Raw - Quit with the DGenX crap!”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022

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   What I'm referring to is the consistent and repeated pattern of attacks from you three members off the Bully Brigade, to the point where I can identify a post one of you three will attack before you even attack it, followed by the gangpile on the hapless person when they react.

   2001 June 5, Rev. Tiernan, “apologies to this group”, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022

   >trying to gangpile an innocent old man Trying? Well, as much as a gangpile can be accomplished on an electronics newsgroup, succeeding is more like but even then it's written word against written word. I doubt you could handle it at a real bonfire.

   2003 November 20, Jerry K., “hello from ofiddle”, in rec.skydiving (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022

   Synonyms: pile on

present singular third person gangpiles · participle present gangpiling · participle past gangpiled · past gangpiled · alternative gang-pile

1. colloquialTo attack someone or something as a group.

   Try to gangpile someone who has a paralyzing touch...

   1997 January 25, Mika Elmeranta, “Creative Spell Use”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022

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   Strategy to win a game ala Heatwave, requires three countries to participate: Country A attacks country X Countries B & C gangpile on X Country B attacks country Y Countries A & C gangpile on Y Country C attacks country Z Countries A & B gangpile on Z (countries X, Y and Z are 4 times smaller than A, B or C)

   1999 October 20, Mikhail Sergeyvich Gorbachev, “Empire players have become soft, pathetic whiners”, in rec.games.empire (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022

   I've always wanted to gangpile onto a mastodon, naked and stabbing it with a spear.

   2000 November 13, Rev. Syd Midnight, “Two wonderful sentences”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022

   Anyway, I'm not madly in love with Roz's commentary, but it does seem unfair to me to gang-pile her for calling double axels "easy" when other people miss them, on the basis of how many SHE personally missed in her career.

   2001 September 8, Trudi Marrapodi, “"Easy double Axel"”, in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022

   The gangpiling on Steve Irwin by the press and those following the reports are getting ridiculous.

   2004 January 5, Little devil on your shoulder, “steve irwin(nearly) feeds newborn bub to croc”, in alt.fan.john-denver (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022

   It's like there's about a 10-pound window of "acceptable" weight for women, and if you go the slightest bit above or below that, everyone feels free to gangpile on and scream abuse at you.

   2004 July 2, Sali Mali, “Hilary Duff Plumps Up”, in alt.showbiz.gossip (Usenet), retrieved 10 Feb 2022

   Synonyms: dogpile, gang up on, pile on