"pile driver" meaning in All languages combined

See pile driver on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pile driver (not comparable)
  1. Forceful. Tags: not-comparable Translations (forceful): keihard (Dutch), krachtig (Dutch), junttamainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pile_driver-en-adj-GEvn2XKt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 37 17

Noun [English]

Forms: pile drivers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pile driver (plural pile drivers)
  1. A machine for forcing a pile, a long beam, into the ground as part of the construction of a foundation; usually by raising a weight and then dropping it on the beam. Synonyms: monkey hammer (english: the machine) Derived forms: piledriver (english: wrestling move) Translations (machine for forcing a pile into the ground): heimasjien (Afrikaans), مِدَقّ (midaqq) [masculine] (Arabic), مَاكِنَة دَقّ الرَكَائِز (alt: mākina(t) daqq ar-rakāʔiz) [feminine] (Arabic), 打樁機 (Chinese Mandarin), 打桩机 (dǎzhuāngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), beranidlo [neuter] (Czech), rambuk (Danish), heistelling [feminine] (Dutch), paalujuntta (Finnish), juntta (Finnish), sonnette [feminine] (French), Ramme [feminine] (German), cölöpverőkos (Hungarian), cölöpverőgép (Hungarian), battipalo [masculine] (Italian), berta [feminine] (Italian), 杭打ち機 (Japanese), fistūca [feminine] (Latin), påledriver (Norwegian), påledrivar (Norwegian Nynorsk), kafar [masculine] (Polish), bate-estacas [masculine] (Portuguese), sonetă [feminine] (Romanian), копёр (kopjór) [masculine] (Russian), martinete [masculine] (Spanish), pålkran [common-gender] (Swedish), martinete (Tagalog), kazık çakıcı (Turkish), копер (koper) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pile_driver-en-noun-ik781P5l Disambiguation of 'machine for forcing a pile into the ground': 99 1
  2. A person who hits or attacks forcefully or powerfully.
    Sense id: en-pile_driver-en-noun-ts4P5oxk

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