a vehicle having two power-operated horizontal prongs that can be raised and lowered for loading, transporting, and unloading goods, esp goods that are stacked on wooden pallets
forklift in American English
(ˈfɔrkˌlɪft)
US
noun
1.
a device, usually mounted on a truck, for lifting, stacking, etc. heavy objects: it consists typically of projecting prongs that are slid under the load and then raised or lowered
2.
a truck equipped with such a device
verb transitive
3.
to lift or raise (pallets, etc.) in this way
Examples of 'forklift' in a sentence
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So we have a good idea where the jobs for those forklift drivers will be.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
So it always looked like a fight between a doctor and a forklift truck driver.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He has since lost his job as a forklift truck driver.
The Sun (2013)
But the forklift truck is just a forklift truck.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Despite appearances, that zip turns out to have the strength of a forklift truck.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A specialist rescue team was called out and managed to release him in two hours using a forklift truck and farm machinery.
The Sun (2009)
Now aged 29, he has qualified as a forklift truck driver.
The Sun (2016)
The forklift driver grinned yesterday: 'Two friends were at my house when she came round and were killing themselves laughing.
The Sun (2009)
Last year forklift truck sales in the UK rose 20 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He proudly shows me the forklift truck he uses to move the heavy sculptures around, and asks if I have one.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He is another England player who could do with a few more bared teeth in his match snarl, but it takes a forklift truck to move him.