Meanings
plural pile drivers
- 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.
Synonyms: monkey hammer
- figurativelyA 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
- figurativelynot comparableForceful.
The champ ended the boxing match with a pile driver blow to his opponent’s jaw.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Translations
Afrikaans heimasjien
- heimasjienmachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Arabic مِدَقّ, مَاكِنَة دَقّ الرَكَائِز
- مِدَقّ (midaqq)machine for forcing a pile into the ground
- مَاكِنَة دَقّ الرَكَائِزmachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Chinese Mandarin 打樁機 /打桩机
- 打樁機 /打桩机 (dǎzhuāngjī)machine for forcing a pile into the ground
Czech beranidlo
- beranidlomachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Danish rambuk
- rambukmachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Dutch heistelling, keihard
- heistellingmachine for forcing a pile into the ground
- keihardforceful
- krachtigforceful
Esperanto ramo
- ramomachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Finnish paalujuntta, juntta
- paalujunttamachine for forcing a pile into the ground
- junttamachine for forcing a pile into the ground
- junttamainenforceful
French sonnette
- sonnettemachine for forcing a pile into the ground
German Ramme
- Rammemachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Hungarian cölöpverőkos, cölöpverőgép
- cölöpverőkosmachine for forcing a pile into the ground
- cölöpverőgépmachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Icelandic fallhamar
- fallhamarmachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Italian battipalo, berta
- battipalomachine for forcing a pile into the ground
- bertamachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Japanese 杭打ち機
- 杭打ち機machine for forcing a pile into the ground
Latin fistūca
- fistūcamachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Norwegian Bokmål påledriver
- påledrivermachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Polish kafar
- kafarmachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Portuguese bate-estacas
- bate-estacasmachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Romanian sonetă
- sonetămachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Russian копёр
- копёр (kopjór)machine for forcing a pile into the ground
Spanish martinete
- martinetemachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Swedish pålkran
- pålkranmachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Tagalog martinete
- martinetemachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Turkish kazık çakıcı
- kazık çakıcımachine for forcing a pile into the ground
Ukrainian копер
- копер (koper)machine for forcing a pile into the ground
Cite this entry
pile driver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pile%20driver
“pile driver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pile%20driver. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pile driver,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pile%20driver.
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