pitchfork
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- noun
- /ˈpɪtʃfɔrk/
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horca
- A wooden handmade pitchfork is used to throw the straw and chaff into the air.
So go grab your pitchforks kind of thing, right, Right.
- So go grab your pitchforks kind of thing, right, Right.
- Or you know, they're, they come after you with, with pitchforks or whatever, with forks.
- And a lot of people will have an image of the red devil with the horns and the pitchfork and the big tail.
- A bunch of people who are misfits from the UK, who are farmers, who had pitchforks, got muskets and beat the best army in the world.
- And when they come for you, they come with pitchforks and guillotines and it it's not a good look.
- And she looks at him and sees him with a long time pitchfork like a wizard's staff.
- Yeah, Oh, my God, there would be knocks on your door with pitchforks, like, lame, actually.
- But before everyone whips out their pitchforks to protest the change, LLPA rates change all the time.
Examples
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The gardener grabbed a pitchfork to turn the compost pile.
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I think they would be coming to Washington with pitchforks and torches if they tried that here, because that is stealing from savers.
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Need me to put the pitchfork anywhere else?
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All he needs is a pitchfork.
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All the old man needed was a pitchfork and horns to make the picture complete.
Fiction book (2002) -
A mound of hay was to his left, a pitchfork stuck in one side of it.
Fiction book (1990) -
The car speeds along a desert highway now, past the pitchfork cacti and towering mesas.
Fiction book (2002) -
The hands who carry axes, picks, pitchforks, and shovels retreat.
Fiction book (1993) -
Farmers often use a pitchfork to lift and toss hay.
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To clean out the barn, he needed a sturdy pitchfork for the job.
Synonyms
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A long-handled tool with several points used to lift and turn hay
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Etymology
The word pitchfork comes from pitch and fork. A helpful way to remember it is to think of pitch as 'to throw' and fork as a pronged tool, so a pitchfork is the long fork used to lift and toss hay.