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[ pich-fawrk ] / ˈpɪtʃˌfɔrk /
nouna large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc. pitchforks, Northern U.S. beggar's-lice, especially the achenes of Spanish needles. verb (used with object)to pitch or throw with or as if with a pitchfork. Origin of pitchforklate Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at pitch1, fork Words nearby pitchforkpitched battle, pitcher, pitcherful, pitcher plant, pitch-faced, pitchfork, pitch in, pitching, pitching niblick, pitching pennies, pitching piece Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pitchforkPitchfork called him a “a rap-obsessed misfit from a summer camp who freestyles poorly” who is “ridiculous without knowing it.” The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST Jessica Hopper, senior editor of The Pitchfork Review, offered a mixed-to-negative assessment. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Office Responds to the Unearthing of His Epic Folk Album|Asawin Suebsaeng|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Its all-ages, aisle-reaching attitude is ready for mass consumption,” according to Pitchfork. How Pharrell Williams Finally Made It to the Top|Justin Jones|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST A living, doddering Lee was far less useful to the pitchfork crowd than a hanged, virile Lee would have been. More South-Bashing!|Michael Tomasky|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
No more scanning the pages of Pitchfork for news about The Kid Daytona, Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar I just follow their tweets. Dear Twitter Haters: I, Eli, Love Your Passion|Eli Lake|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST Alva Jackson was in his corral distributing hay among his horses from a sack instead of a pitchfork. The Lady Doc|Caroline Lockhart I got the pitchfork and punched him in the leg with the handle. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.)|Various Returning from his work one day, and carrying a pitchfork in his hand, he saw this woman. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles|Daniel Hack Tuke And should one really miss its way to her mouth and fall off the pitchfork thing to land in her lap? The Heart of Arethusa|Francis Barton Fox The prize bull-dog attacked a farmer, who defended himself with a pitchfork, and in doing so killed the dog. Jokes For All Occasions|Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for pitchfork
nouna long-handled fork with two or three long curved tines for lifting, turning, or tossing hay verb (tr)to use a pitchfork on (something) to thrust (someone) unwillingly into a position Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |