piledriving

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of piledrive

   Here the essential elements of the piledriving machine are present: a pair of leads, a ram moving between them

   1913, Engineering news-record, volume 70

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   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?

   1993, Robert J. Stoller, Porn: Myths for the Twentieth Century, page 50

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

comparative more piledriving · superlative most piledriving

1. informalForceful, walloping, hard-hitting.

   a rock number with a piledriving beat

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   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."

   1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 238

   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.

   1994 November 2, John J. Wood, “Another Halloween review”, in rec.music.phish (Usenet)

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

   2000 November 27, Jon, “LJE Live at Cropredy CD”, in uk.music.folk (Usenet)