English Dictionary

pig pile

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɪɡpʌɪl/

動詞

アメリカ英語 口語 他動詞 自動詞 比喩的用法

(US colloquial, transitive) To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment to the victim on the bottom.

日本語の意味

（米国俗語、他動詞）罰として、被害者の上に複数の人々を集団で押し重ねる行為。 / 人を対象に、複数の者を集団的に重ね合わせる行為を意味する。

At the pep rally the seniors would pig pile the freshmen as a mean 'welcome', and the principal had to break it up.

応援集会で先輩たちは“歓迎”の名目で新入生を何人もその上に乗せて積み重ね、校長がそれをやめさせた。

意味（1）

(US colloquial, transitive) To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment to the victim on the bottom.

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.

意味（2）

(US colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To jump into such a pile.

They pig-piled at the very end, and we threw ice cubes on them.

意味（3）

(figuratively, US colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To act similarly with regard to residential density: to live or cause to live in high-density settlements.

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.

pig piles （ present singular third-person ）

pig piling （ participle present ）

pig piled （ participle past ）

pig piled （ past ）