piledriver

plural piledrivers · alternative pile driver

1. ball gamesA very hard shot.

   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.

   2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC

2. governmentA 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.
3. figurativelyA very powerful punch.

   It was a physical reaction, the urge to punch Haddow, to land a piledriver right between his eyes.

   2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 203

4. alternativeAlternative form of pile driver (“a mechanical device”)