PITCHFORK Definition & Meaning

pitchfork

[ pich-fawrk ]

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noun

a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching pitch 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.

pitchfork

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noun

a long-handled fork with two or three long curved tines for lifting, turning, or tossing hay

verb

to use a pitchfork on (something)
to thrust (someone) unwillingly into a position

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pitchfork¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; pitch ¹, fork

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He spent three years in prison after being charged with attempted murder for a pitchfork attack in Napa County.

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At least he seems to know that he and his will get rolled over first when the peasants take up pitchforks, regardless of whether they deserve it, simply because they can be touched.

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The shelters were dismantled by city workers and scraped off the flood channel floor with pitchforks, shovels and bulldozers while those who lived in them watched.

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The pitchforks that were out for Clarke in the wake of the Euros can now be decommissioned.

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Social media devolves into an echo chamber of torches and parading pitchforks, all aimed at Frankenstein’s monster.

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