piledriving

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word piledriving. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word piledriving, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say piledriving in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word piledriving you have here. The definition of the word piledriving will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofpiledriving, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Pronunciation

Verb

piledriving

  1. present participle and gerund of piledrive
    • 1913, Engineering news-record‎, volume 70:
      Here the essential elements of the piledriving machine are present: a pair of leads, a ram moving between them
    • 1993, Robert J. Stoller, Porn: Myths for the Twentieth Century, page 50:
      So I switched into doggie style, which gives me my piledriving ability, but after a while my knee began to hurt ... I can pile-drive forever, and if I don't go off, what the hell do I care?

Noun

piledriving (uncountable)

  1. The action of driving piles into the ground with a piledriver.

Adjective

piledriving (comparative more piledriving, superlative most piledriving)

  1. Forceful, walloping, hard-hitting
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 238:
      The Nazareth specialty seems to be pile-driving cover versions of subdued folkie fare like Tim Rose's "Morning Dew," Joni Mitchell's "This Flight Tonight," Bob Dylan's "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown" (which they worked into a nine-minute metallic frenzy), and, of course, "Love Hurts."
    • 1994 November 2, John J. Wood, “Another Halloween review”, in rec.music.phish‎ (Usenet):
      The remainder of the set wasn't in cruise control either. "Julius" was infectuous, filled to the brim with kinetic energy, and "The Horse/Silent In The Morning" not only contained an inflective tone, but was just the right thing to catch my breath. I'm glad I did, as the quartet followed with a piledriving "Reba" whose big jam contained a wealth of interplay and multi-colored passages.
    • 2000 November 27, Jon, “LJE Live at Cropredy CD”, in uk.music.folk‎ (Usenet):
      Screaming slide guitar, great songs and tunes, a piledriving rhythm section, superb melodeon and violin.

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia