pig pile

Etymology
Originally as a verb, by analogy with the disorderly huddling behavior of pigs.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment to the victim on the bottom.
 * 2)  To jump into such a pile.
 * 3)  To act similarly with regard to residential density: to live or cause to live in high-density settlements.
 * 4) * 1969 August 21, House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Field Hearings on H.R. 10482 before the Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation, p. 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.
 * 1) * 1969 August 21, House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Field Hearings on H.R. 10482 before the Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation, p. 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.
 * 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.

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Noun

 * 1)  A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.

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