"pile-up" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pile-ups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from pile up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|pile up}} Deverbal from pile up Head templates: {{en-noun}} pile-up (plural pile-ups)
  1. (colloquial) A pile, a group of people or things which have piled up on one another, especially
    A pile of crashed vehicles due to a traffic accident.
    Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (pile of crashed cars): верижна катастрофа (verižna katastrofa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 連環車禍 (Chinese Mandarin), 连环车祸 (liánhuán chēhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), ketjukolari (Finnish), carambolage [masculine] (French), Karambolage [feminine] (German), Massenkarambolage (note: with five or more vehicles often) [feminine] (German), καραμπόλα (karampóla) [feminine] (Greek), tömegkarambol (Hungarian), tamponamento [masculine] (Italian), 玉突き (tamatsuki) (Japanese), karambol [masculine] (Polish), engavetamento [masculine] (Portuguese), столкнове́ние (stolknovénije) [neuter] (Russian), reťazová nehoda (Slovak), choque múltiple [masculine] (Spanish), karambola (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-pile-up-en-noun-en:traffic_accident Disambiguation of Automotive: 39 39 23 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 38 39 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 42 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 35 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 39 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 38 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 33 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 30 31 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of 'pile of crashed cars': 53 35 11
  2. (colloquial) A pile, a group of people or things which have piled up on one another, especially
    (American football) A pile of tackling players.
    Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Football (American), Automotive Translations (pile of tackling players): pelaajakasa (Finnish), mêlée [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-pile-up-en-noun-VvOW6Upf Disambiguation of Automotive: 39 39 23 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 38 39 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 42 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 35 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 39 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 38 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 33 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 30 31 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 31 32 36 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'pile of tackling players': 9 88 3
  3. An accumulation that occurs over time, especially one which is not welcome. Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (accumulation that occurs over time): натрупване (natrupvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kasaantuminen (Finnish), kasautuminen (Finnish), kasautuma (Finnish), kasauma (Finnish), accumulation [feminine] (French), amoncellement [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-pile-up-en-noun-Ff~9DCJe Disambiguation of Automotive: 39 39 23 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 38 39 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 42 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 35 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 39 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 38 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 33 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 31 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 30 31 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 30 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 33 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 31 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 29 30 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of 'accumulation that occurs over time': 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dogpile [American-football, football, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], pileup Related terms: pile-on

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Because family crises evolve and are resolved over a period of time, families seldom are dealing with a single stressor, but rather, our longitudinal data suggest they experience a pile-up of stressors and strains (i.e., demands), particularly in the aftermath of a major stressor, such as a death, a major role change for one member, or a natural disaster.",
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        "(colloquial) A pile, a group of people or things which have piled up on one another, especially",
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          "text": "If the supervisor deals with daily workload in an orderly way and does not put pressure on the employee about a pile-up of work, then the employee's perception of pressure will be reduced and the employee will not suffer from work pressure stress.",
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      "roman": "verižna katastrofa",
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      "sense": "pile of crashed cars",
      "word": "連環車禍"
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      "roman": "liánhuán chēhuò",
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      "word": "连环车祸"
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      "word": "ketjukolari"
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      "note": "with five or more vehicles often",
      "sense": "pile of crashed cars",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Massenkarambolage"
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      "sense": "pile of crashed cars",
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      "word": "tömegkarambol"
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      "sense": "pile of crashed cars",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tamponamento"
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      "word": "玉突き"
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      "sense": "pile of crashed cars",
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      "word": "engavetamento"
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      "sense": "pile of crashed cars",
      "word": "reťazová nehoda"
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      "code": "tl",
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}

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