piledriving

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪvɪŋ

Verb

piledriving

1. present participle and gerund of piledrive
   • 1913, Engineering news-record‎^[1], 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^[2] (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^[3] (Usenet):

     Screaming slide guitar, great songs and tunes, a piledriving rhythm section, superb melodeon and violin.

References

• “piledriving”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.