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piledrivers

piledrivers is the plural of piledriver.

Meaning of piledriver

Noun

piledriver (plural piledrivers)

  1. A 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. A 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. (figuratively) A 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

Questions about piledrivers

What is piledrivers the plural of?
Piledrivers is the plural of piledriver.

Words near piledrivers in the dictionary

  1. piled Pelion on Ossa
  2. piled up
  3. piledrive
  4. piledriven
  5. piledriver
  6. piledrivers
  7. piledrives
  8. piledriving
  9. piledrove
  10. Pileggi
  11. Pileggis

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