compile

v 1: get together [syn: {collect}, {accumulate}, {pile up}, {amass},

{hoard}]

2: put together out of existing material; "compile a list"

[syn: {compose}]

3: use a computer program to translate source code written in a

particular programming language into computer-readable

machine code that can be executed

dogpile

({Usenet}, probably from mainstream "puppy pile") When many

people post unfriendly responses in short order to a single

posting, they are sometimes said to "dogpile" or "dogpile on"

the person to whom they're responding. For example, when a

religious missionary posts a simplistic appeal to alt.atheism,

he can expect to be dogpiled.

(1994-12-08)