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名詞

pile driver (plural pile drivers)

1. A machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground as part of the construction of a foundation; usually by raising a weight and then dropping it on the beam.
2. A person who hits or attacks forcefully or powerfully.

   She sure is a pile driver

同意語

• monkey hammer (the machine)

派生語

• piledriver (wrestling move)

形容詞

pile driver (not comparable)

1. Forceful.

   The champ ended the boxing match with a pile driver blow to his opponent’s jaw.

語源

From pile +‎ driver.

名詞

piledriver (plural piledrivers)

1. Alternative spelling of pile driver (mechanical device)
2. (professional wrestling) A move in which the wrestler applies a front waist lock, then drives the opponent's head into the mat by falling to his knees or backside.
3. (soccer) A very hard shot.
   • 2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC‎:

     United did not dwell on the decision and Nani had a left-foot piledriver fended wide by Friedel, who is now the oldest player in Villa's history at 39 years and 259 days.

4. A very powerful punch.
   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 203:

     It was a physical reaction, the urge to punch Haddow, to land a piledriver right between his eyes.

関連する語

• piledrive
• piledriving (noun)