with objectTo have the action or effect of a piledriver on; to drive piles into (the ground).
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), writer and poet. From pile + drive, after piledriver, pile-driven, pile-driving, pile-driving.
Definition of pile-drive in US English:
pile-drive
verbˈpʌɪldrʌɪv
rare
with objectTo have the action or effect of a piledriver on; to drive piles into (the ground).
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), writer and poet. From pile + drive, after piledriver, pile-driven, pile-driving, pile-driving.