"piledriving" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more piledriving [comparative], most piledriving [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪvɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} piledriving (comparative more piledriving, superlative most piledriving)
  1. Forceful, walloping, hard-hitting
    Sense id: en-piledriving-en-adj-1D~U-LGT

Noun

Rhymes: -aɪvɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} piledriving (uncountable)
  1. The action of driving piles into the ground with a piledriver. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-piledriving-en-noun-YdbvbDQc

Verb

Rhymes: -aɪvɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} piledriving
  1. present participle and gerund of piledrive Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: piledrive
    Sense id: en-piledriving-en-verb-zIsTo3gv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 4 54

Alternative forms

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