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pitch·fork  (pchfôrk)
n.
A large, long-handled fork with sharp, widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay.
tr.v. pitch·forked, pitch·fork·ing, pitch·forks
To lift or toss with or as if with a pitchfork.

[Alteration (influenced by pichen, to throw) of Middle English pikforke : pik, pick; see pick2 or pik, spike; see pike5 + forke, fork; see fork.]

pitchfork [ˈpɪtʃˌfɔːk]
n
(Engineering / Tools) a long-handled fork with two or three long curved tines for lifting, turning, or tossing hay
vb (tr)
1. (Engineering / Tools) to use a pitchfork on (something)
2. to thrust (someone) unwillingly into a position
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pitchforkpitchfork - a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay
hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
tine - prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
Verb1.pitchfork - lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay"
lift - take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
Translations
pitchfork [ˈpɪtʃfɔːk]
A. Nhorca f
B. VT (fig) (= thrust unwillingly or unexpectedly) he was pitchforked into the joble encasquetaron el trabajo, lo metieron en el trabajo a la fuerza
she was pitchforked onto the front pages from total obscuritysaltó del más absoluto anonimato a las primeras planas de los periódicos
pitchfork [ˈpɪtʃfɔːrk] nfourche f
pitch inspection n (British) (SPORT)inspection f du terrain
pitch invasion n (British)invasion f du terrain
pitchfork
nHeugabel f; (for manure) → Mistgabel f
vtgabeln; (fig)hineinwerfen
pitchfork [ˈpɪtʃˌfɔːk]
1. nforcone m
2. vt to pitchfork sb into a job (fig) → costringere qn ad accettare un lavoro di punto in bianco

pitchfork [ˈpɪtʃˌfɔːk]
1. nforcone m
2. vt to pitchfork sb into a job (fig) → costringere qn ad accettare un lavoro di punto in bianco


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Especially the third Sunday in Lent; because Jacob had been out on one of his occasional wanderings for the last two days; and David, being a timid young man, had a considerable dread and hatred of Jacob, as of a large personage who went about habitually with a pitchfork in his hand.
Ivan Parmenov was standing on the cart, taking, laying in place, and stamping down the huge bundles of hay, which his pretty young wife deftly handed up to him, at first in armfuls, and then on the pitchfork.
No; without a gown, in a shift that was somewhat of the coarsest, and none of the cleanest, bedewed likewise with some odoriferous effluvia, the produce of the day's labour, with a pitchfork in her hand, Molly Seagrim approached.
 
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