piledriver

See also: pile driver

English

From pile +‎ driver.

piledriver (plural piledrivers)

Alternative spelling of pile driver (mechanical device)
(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.
(soccer) A very hard shot.
- 2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC‎^[1]:
  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.
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.