pitchfork
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English pichfork, pycchefork, pychforke, pikeforke, pikkforke, pic-forcke, equivalent to pitch + fork.
Base: pitch
Inflected forms:
form: pitchforks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pitchforks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pitchforking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pitchforked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pitchforked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An agricultural hand tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
pos: noun
gloss: A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
pos: noun
examples: After my second illness, being too old for “piggy-back rides”, I generally sat in 'Resting Nuke' on a seat naturally formed in a low branch of a cedar, watching relatives down in the bay with pitchforks furiously digging out long black slithery "cockworms" from the muddy sands of Sinky Bay.
gloss: Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
pos: noun
tags: broadly
informal
gloss: A tuning fork.
pos: noun
tags: rare
examples: I went around with a pitchfork [tuning fork] in my pocket, and I'd hit it whenever I thought of it, and I developed perfect pitch […]
gloss: To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The hay was soon pitchforked onto the wagon.
gloss: To throw suddenly.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: We have taken an age-old country, and we have suddenly, in 30 years, pitchforked it into the middle of the factory system.
Derived words: pitchforkful
pitchforklike
rain pitchforks
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: sfurk
lang: Arabic
word: شَوْكَة
roman: šawka
lang: Arabic
word: مِذْرَاة
roman: miḏrāh
lang: Armenian
word: եղան
roman: eġan
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yaba
lang: Azerbaijani
word: beşbarmaq
lang: Bashkir
word: һәнәк
roman: hənək
lang: Basque
word: sarde
lang: Belarusian
word: ві́лы
roman: víly
lang: Bulgarian
word: ви́ла
roman: víla
lang: Catalan
word: forca
lang: Chamicuro
word: ashtoli
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 杈
roman: chā
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 叉
roman: chā
lang: Choctaw
word: chufak isht piha
lang: Choctaw
word: hʋshuk isht piha
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: senek
lang: Czech
word: vidle
lang: Danish
word: høtyv
lang: Danish
word: fork
lang: Dutch
word: hooivork
lang: Dutch
word: mestvork
lang: Dutch
word: riek
lang: Esperanto
word: forkego
lang: Estonian
word: hang
lang: Finnish
word: hanko
lang: Finnish
word: heinähanko
lang: Finnish
word: talikko
lang: French
word: fourche
lang: Friulian
word: forcje
lang: Gagauz
word: diiren
lang: Galician
word: forcada
lang: Galician
word: galleta
lang: German
word: Heugabel
lang: German
word: Mistgabel
lang: German
word: Furgge
lang: Greek
word: δίκρανο
roman: díkrano
lang: Greek
word: δικράνι
roman: dikráni
lang: Greek
word: πιρούνα
roman: piroúna
lang: Ancient Greek
word: δίκρανον
roman: díkranon
lang: Hungarian
word: vasvilla
lang: Icelandic
word: heygaffall
lang: Ido
word: forko
lang: Ingrian
word: hanko
lang: Irish
word: píce
lang: Italian
word: forcone
lang: Italian
word: forca
lang: Japanese
word: ピッチフォーク
roman: pitchifōku
lang: Komi-Zyrian
word: вила
roman: vila
lang: Komi-Zyrian
word: лэбын
roman: lebyn
lang: Latin
word: mergae
lang: Latin
word: furcilla
lang: Lezgi
word: кьуьк
roman: q̇ük
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Mëschtgreef
lang: Macedonian
word: вила
roman: vila
lang: Eastern Mari
word: шаньык
roman: šańyk
lang: Western Mari
word: шеньӹк
roman: šeńÿk
lang: Maricopa
word: chmaly
lang: Mazanderani
word: لیفا
roman: lifâ
lang: Mòcheno
word: gabel
lang: Mongolian
word: өвсний сэрээ
roman: övsnii seree
lang: Nogai
word: сенек
roman: senek
lang: Norwegian
word: fork
lang: Norwegian
word: høygaffel
lang: O'odham
word: cuaʼaknakud
lang: Persian
word: هید
roman: heyd
lang: Persian
word: چنگک
roman: čangak
lang: Polish
word: widły
lang: Portuguese
word: forcado
lang: Portuguese
word: forquilha
lang: Portuguese
word: garfo
lang: Romanian
word: furcă
lang: Russian
word: ви́лы
roman: víly
lang: Saanich
word: TĆOŦEN
lang: Northern Sami
word: háŋgu
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: виле
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: рачве
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vile
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: račve
lang: Slovak
word: vidly
lang: Slovene
word: vile
lang: Southern Altai
word: айырмууш
roman: ayïrmuuš
lang: Southern Altai
word: айырмаш
roman: ayïrmaš
lang: Southern Altai
word: айрууш
roman: ayruuš
lang: Spanish
word: horca
lang: Spanish
word: horquilla
lang: Spanish
word: horqueta
lang: Spanish
word: horcón
lang: Spanish
word: mielga
lang: Swedish
word: högaffel
lang: Swedish
word: hötjuga
lang: Tarifit
word: tazzart
lang: Thai
word: คราด
roman: krâat
lang: Tibetan
word: ཁ་བྲག
lang: Turkish
word: yaba
lang: Turkish
word: dirgen
lang: Udmurt
word: вилка
roman: vilka
lang: Ukrainian
word: ви́ла
roman: výla
lang: Ukrainian
word: ґа́блі
roman: gábli
lang: Ukrainian
word: га́блі
roman: hábli
lang: Vietnamese
word: chĩa
lang: Walloon
word: fotche
lang: Walloon
word: fonne
lang: Welsh
word: picwarch
lang: Welsh
word: fforch wair
lang: Spanish
word: bieldo
lang: Spanish
word: bielgo
lang: Spanish
word: aventador
lang: Spanish
word: aviento
lang: Spanish
word: bielda
lang: Spanish
word: horca pajera