Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
pile driver . (mechanical device) - noun professional wrestling A
move in which thewrestler applies a front waist lock, thendrives theopponent 'shead into themat by falling to his knees or backside. - noun soccer a very hard
shot .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A piledriver is a very dangerous move and no one should ever try to execute it on another person.
heartbreak &triumph Trisia Tomanelli 2005
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A piledriver is a very dangerous move and no one should ever try to execute it on another person.
heartbreak &triumph Trisia Tomanelli 2005
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"piledriver" - wherein one man puts the other's head between his thighs and then drops it forcefully into the mat - actually accomplished what the move normally only insinuated, and
Deadspin 2010
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Barack Obama's senior aide, a profane 'piledriver', looks likely to quit so he can seek to become mayor of Chicago
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They just drop in terms like "piledriver" and ask "Who's gonna win?"
4thletter! Gavok 2010
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The increased competition in the marketplace will drive down costs like a piledriver.
Nelson expresses support for using trigger on public insurance 2009
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A Pavlyuchenko shot hits Wisgerhof on the elbow as the big defender turned his back on the piledriver from very close range.
Tottenham Hotspur v FC Twente – as it happened Scott Murray 2010
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Rubin would have been 2-0 ahead at the interval had it not been for the goalkeeper Ryan Thompson's penalty save from the striker Nelson Valdez, but the Jamaica international was beaten for a second time by Christian Noboa's piledriver seven minutes after the restart.
Shamrock Rovers 0-3 Rubin Kazan | Europa League Group A match report 2011
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As on his band's new, self-titled sophomore release, his performances aspire to a terrifying frenzy in which notes spill forth at an astonishing pace, oddball time signatures driving jagged meters over piledriver drumming.
Brooklyn Banjo Shredder Goes Nuclear Steve Dollar 2011
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John O'Shea, on his debut for Sunderland, headed against the crossbar in the second minute, Scott Sinclair shivered it with a piledriver from distance.
Sunderland want Peter Crouch after goalless draw with Swansea City 2011
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