PITCHFORK

pitchfork

(noun) a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay

pitchfork, fork

(verb) lift with a pitchfork; “pitchfork hay”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pitchfork (plural pitchforks)

An agricultural tool comprising a fork attached to a long handle used for pitching hay or bales of hay high up onto a haystack.

(rare) A tuning fork.

Coordinate terms

• digging fork

Verb

pitchfork (third-person singular simple present pitchforks, present participle pitchforking, simple past and past participle pitchforked)

(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.

(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pitch"fork`, n.

Definition: A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

Pitch"fork`, v. t.

Definition: To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork. He has been pitchforked into the footguards. G. A. Sala.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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