piledriving

Driving posts deep

Piledriving is the act of driving piles—heavy posts or beams—into the ground to support structures like bridges or buildings.

The term extends to any forceful, repetitive downward motion.

In wrestling, a piledriver is a move where one wrestler drives another headfirst into the mat.

In sex, piledriving describes vigorous thrusting in a position where one partner's legs are raised overhead: He was piledriving her into the mattress.

wrestling

powerbomb

Shoulder-lift mat slam

  • slamForceful impact or closure
  • suplexOverhead backward wrestling slam
  • bodyslamWrestling power throw

finisher · impact · mat · canvas · ring · pinfall · takedown · tombstone · vertical · opponent

construction

foundation

Underlying support structure

  • hammerTool for striking nails
  • craneLifter or wader
  • rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle

impact · penetration · soil · vibration · diesel · excavation · caisson · retaining · infrastructure · civil

Opposites
construction method direction

piledrivingpulling out

Removing from within

extracting · uprooting · extraction · withdrawing · removing

force application

piledrivingeasing in

Gradual introduction to activity

easing · finessing · nudging · coaxing

ground interaction type

piledrivingdrilling

Hole-making by rotation

boring · excavating · digging · augering · trenching

Family

drive, pile, driven, driver, driving, driveway, pileup, drivers, piledriver

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated PG