pitchfork

noun

pitch·fork ˈpich-ˌfȯrk

: a long-handled fork that has two or three long somewhat curved prongs and is used especially in pitching hay

pitchfork transitive verb

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Like other types of fishing, spearing sturgeon requires special equipment, including spears that look like a cross between a pitchfork and a trident. —

Brian Kaiser, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025 In other words, put away your torches and pitchforks. —

Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 Christopher Brian Roe, of Raytown, was accused of assaulting police and carrying a pitchfork on the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 riot. —

Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025 Paul McCartney was on Arizona State University's Tempe campus in November, mixing it up with Sparky, the ASU mascot, and throwing a pitchfork sign in photos taken at a ceremony for Nancy Shevell McCartney, his wife of 13 years, who was inducted into the W. P. Carey Alumni Hall of Fame. —

Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pitchfork