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ˈpile-ˌdrive, v.
[Back-formation from pile-driver.]
a. trans. To construct (something) using a pile-driver; to act as or like a pile-driver on (something).
1809, etc. [implied at pile-driven, pile-driving below]. 1894Kipling in Century Mag. Dec. 295/1 I'll catch 'em by the back o' the neck, an' pile-drive 'em a piece. 1932Daily Express 27 June 9/4 Trotsky may not convince the world that the revolution in which he and Lenin were the giants was a splendid thing, but he pile-drives the contention that it was inevitable in Russia. 1971‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird vii. 94 They're still pile-driving the quayside. 1972D. Haston In High Places vii. 91 Chris was falling every second turn, pack pile-driving his head into the snow.
b. intr. (See quot. 1929.)
1898Nautical Mag. LXVII. 355 After pile-driving off Cape Horn for some days, she squared away..and eventually reached San Francisco. 1929F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 103 Pile Driving, steaming or sailing into a heavy head sea. 1937G. S. Doorly In Wake viii. 127 We had been ‘pile-driving’ heavily through the night.
So ˈpile-ˌdriven a., ˈpile-ˌdriving vbl. n. and ppl. a. (also fig.).
1809Phil. Trans. Abr. XIV. 498 On the Theory of Pile-Driving. 1818Gentl. Mag. LXXXVIII. ii. 398 Built on what the Dutch call pile-driven bases, on a marshy and unstable soil. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 305 Requiring no machine beyond a pile-driving engine. 1894‘Mark Twain’ in Century Mag. Jan. 335/1 The title came upon them as a kind of pile-driving surprise. 1942Partridge Usage & Abusage (1947) 126/2 If the point is still not made, let us take a few more of Jespersen's pile-driving examples. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 15 Mar. 46/2 This simple pile-driving machine, easily attached to any tractor fitted with P.T.O. and hydraulic lift will reduce fencing costs to a minimum. |
