pitchfork
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpɪtʃˌfɔɹk/
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.
- 1988, Tony Trischka, Pete Wernick, Masters of the 5-String Banjo: In Their Own Words and Music (page 400)
- I went around with a pitchfork [tuning fork] in my pocket, and I'd hit it whenever I thought of it, and I developed perfect pitch […]
- 1988, Tony Trischka, Pete Wernick, Masters of the 5-String Banjo: In Their Own Words and Music (page 400)
- French: fourche
- German: Heugabel, Mistgabel
- Italian: forcone, forca
- Portuguese: forcado, forquilha, garfo
- Russian: ви́лы
- Spanish: bieldo, horca
pitchfork (pitchforks, present participle pitchforking; past and past participle pitchforked)
- (transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
- The hay was soon pitchforked onto the wagon.
- (transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
- 1925, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, The Parliamentary Debates, Official Report
- We have taken an age-old country, and we have suddenly, in 30 years, pitchforked it into the middle of the factory system.
- 1925, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, The Parliamentary Debates, Official Report
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