Alternative forms

• pile driver

Etymology

From pile +‎ driverCategory:English compound terms#PILEDRIVER.

Noun

piledriver (plural piledrivers)Category:English lemmas#PILEDRIVERCategory:English nouns#PILEDRIVERCategory:English countable nouns#PILEDRIVERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PILEDRIVERCategory:Pages with entries#PILEDRIVERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PILEDRIVER

1. Alternative spelling of pile driver (mechanical device)
2. (professional wrestlingCategory:en:Professional wrestling#PILEDRIVER) 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. (soccerCategory:en:Football (soccer)#PILEDRIVER) 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.

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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.

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