Dictionary

pile driver en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (figuratively, not-comparable) Forceful.
   • The champ ended the boxing match with a pile driver blow to his opponent’s jaw.

Translations (3)

nl krachtig (forceful) · nl keihard (forceful) · fi junttamainen (forceful)

pile driver en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

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. (figuratively) A person or thing who hits or attacks forcefully or powerfully.
   • She scored a goal with a pile driver from the edge of the penalty box

Forms

Deriveds

piledriver

Synonyms

monkey hammer

Translations (30)

es martinete (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · it battipalo (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · nl heistelling (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · de Ramme (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · pt bate-estacas (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · hu cölöpverőgép (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · fi paalujuntta (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · fi juntta (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · ro sonetă (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · pl kafar (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · la fistūca (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · ar مِدَقّ (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · ru копёр (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · is fallhamar (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · cs beranidlo (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · uk копер (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · it berta (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · sv pålkran (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · af heimasjien (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · hu cölöpverőkos (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · nn påledrivar (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · ar مَاكِنَة دَقّ الرَكَائِز (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · fr sonnette (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · ja 杭打ち機 (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · da rambuk (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · eo ramo (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · cmn 打樁機 /打桩机 (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · nb påledriver (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · tl martinete (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) · tr kazık çakıcı (machine for forcing a pile into the ground)