different between jumble vs dogpile

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d??mb?l/

• Rhymes: -?mb?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English jumbelen, alteration of jumbren, jombren, a variant of jumpren, frequentative of jumpen (“to jump”), equal to jump +? -le. More at jumber, jump, jumper.

Verb

jumble (third-person singular simple present jumbles, present participle jumbling, simple past and past participle jumbled)

1. (transitive) To mix or confuse.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)

     Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together?

   • Every clime and age jumbled together.

2. (intransitive) To meet or unite in a confused way.

Derived terms

• jumble up

Translations

Noun

jumble (countable and uncountable, plural jumbles)

1. A mixture of unrelated things.
2. (uncountable, Britain) Items for a rummage sale.
3. (countable, Britain, informal) A rummage sale.
   • 1982, Hunter Davies, Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat

     "That's a nice coat," said Bella. "I used to have one like that. Got it at a jumble. But it didn't suit me. You look great in it."

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

See also

• jumble sale

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jumble (plural jumbles)

1. (archaic) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.

Alternative forms

• jumbal
• jumball

English

Alternative forms

• dog pile, dog-pile

Etymology

From dog +? pile. In reference to piles of people, originally as a noun after earlier pig pile. In reference to dog excrement, a clipping of pile of shit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?? p??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?? ?pa?l/, /?d?? ?pa?l/

Noun

dogpile (plural dogpiles)

1. (US colloquial) A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.
   • 1948 November 21, Los Angeles Times, Sect. i, p. 20:

     The bottom man of a 'dog pile' in a fraternity house scuffle is in a hospital with a neck dislocation.

2. (figuratively, US colloquial) Any similarly disorderly pile of people or things.
   • 1921 November 19, The Nebraska State Journal, p. 3:

     Purdy tucked the pigskin under his elbow and cantered over a dog-pile for a tally.
3. (US colloquial, euphemistic) A pile of dogshit.
   • 1950 March 6, The Tri-City Herald, p. 6:

     Mrs. Brown cleaned her lawn up bright and early each day;
     Picked up all the dog piles so her children could play.

Synonyms

• (a pile of people): pig pile (upon a single victim, colloq.); scrum, ruck (esp. rugby); stacks on the mill, stacks on (esp. Australian football); pile-up (esp. US football)
• (a pile of dogshit): See dogshit

See also

• more sacks to the mill, stack-upon-the-kill

Verb

dogpile (third-person singular simple present dogpiles, present participle dogpiling, simple past and past participle dogpiled)

1. (US colloquial, transitive, intransitive, often with 'on') To jump into a dogpile.
   • c. 1947, Tamotsu Shibutani, The Derelicts of Company K, p. 273:

     He can either take a beating from one man or... be dogpiled by a dozen men.

   • 1989 September 7, The Los Angeles Times, Sect. ix, p. 16:

     I fumbled the snap, fell on the ball and about 10 guys dog-piled on top of me.
2. (figuratively, US, colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To pile on, to overwhelm in other senses.

Synonyms

• (to form a dogpile): pile up; pig pile (colloq.); bundle (slang)

References

• “dog pile, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2006
• “dog-pile, v.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2006