Pitchfork
noun
A farm tool with a long handle and two or three metal parts like fingers, typically used for picking up or moving piles of hay or straw.
He was using a pitchfork to stack the hay bales in the barn.
Often appears as...
- use a pitchfork
- with a pitchfork
noun
A simple cursor shape in computing, showing in some graphical user interfaces, which looks like a small pitchfork.
The pitchfork icon usually represents the select function in software design.
Often appears as...
- pitchfork icon
- pitchfork cursor
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To lift and throw (something) with a pitchfork.
He pitchforked the hay into the feeder for the horses.
Often appears as...
- pitchfork the hay
- pitchfork straw
verb
To suddenly put someone into a job or position that they are not prepared for.
He was pitchforked into the role of CEO after his predecessor suddenly resigned.
Often appears as...
- pitchfork into role
- pitchfork into position
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A farm tool with a long handle and two or three metal parts like fingers, typically used for picking up or moving piles of hay or straw.
He was using a pitchfork to stack the hay bales in the barn.
Often appears as...
- use a pitchfork
- with a pitchfork
noun
A simple cursor shape in computing, showing in some graphical user interfaces, which looks like a small pitchfork.
The pitchfork icon usually represents the select function in software design.
Often appears as...
- pitchfork icon
- pitchfork cursor
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To lift and throw (something) with a pitchfork.
He pitchforked the hay into the feeder for the horses.
Often appears as...
- pitchfork the hay
- pitchfork straw
verb
To suddenly put someone into a job or position that they are not prepared for.
He was pitchforked into the role of CEO after his predecessor suddenly resigned.
Often appears as...
- pitchfork into role
- pitchfork into position
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Rural Imagery
Pitchfork often evokes images of rural life, farming, or agriculture in literature and conversation.
The old painting depicted a farmer with a pitchfork standing beside his barn.
Pro Tip 2/3Labor Intensive
Using a pitchfork is seen as hard manual labor, and can be a metaphor for hard work in general.
We're going to have to pitchfork our way through this project, it's hefty!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
A pitchfork can symbolize rural or traditional lifestyles, often contrasting with modern urban life.
He abandoned his suit and tie for a pitchfork and overalls when he moved to the farm.
Pro Tip 1/3Rural Imagery
Pitchfork often evokes images of rural life, farming, or agriculture in literature and conversation.
The old painting depicted a farmer with a pitchfork standing beside his barn.
Pro Tip 2/3Labor Intensive
Using a pitchfork is seen as hard manual labor, and can be a metaphor for hard work in general.
We're going to have to pitchfork our way through this project, it's hefty!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
A pitchfork can symbolize rural or traditional lifestyles, often contrasting with modern urban life.
He abandoned his suit and tie for a pitchfork and overalls when he moved to the farm.
Pro Tip 1/3Rural Imagery
Pitchfork often evokes images of rural life, farming, or agriculture in literature and conversation.
The old painting depicted a farmer with a pitchfork standing beside his barn.
Pro Tip 2/3Labor Intensive
Using a pitchfork is seen as hard manual labor, and can be a metaphor for hard work in general.
We're going to have to pitchfork our way through this project, it's hefty!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
A pitchfork can symbolize rural or traditional lifestyles, often contrasting with modern urban life.
He abandoned his suit and tie for a pitchfork and overalls when he moved to the farm.
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The most notorious...
One woman said that getting to know him was “like running against a pitchfork.” Cope, on the other hand, was charismatic and given to bold theorizing. But he was also sarcastic and temperamental. By his own admission, he wasn’t “constructed for getting along comfortably with the general run of people.”
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into the electoral college, into Congress, he didn't try to discredit the results in the press. Frankly, he didn't send his supporters out into the streets with protest signs or pitchforks or long guns. As soon as the court said the vote count is done,
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Eyes on the Forest PIPE...
buys sells and stockpiles whatever he can find the mix hoping he's got something that can help corner his suspect however one of these Mick you got a pitchfork you know you put her upside down he falls that would make an
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The most notorious...
One woman said that getting to know him was “like running against a pitchfork.” Cope, on the other hand, was charismatic and given to bold theorizing. But he was also sarcastic and temperamental. By his own admission, he wasn’t “constructed for getting along comfortably with the general run of people.”
Video examples
What if a US presidential...
into the electoral college, into Congress, he didn't try to discredit the results in the press. Frankly, he didn't send his supporters out into the streets with protest signs or pitchforks or long guns. As soon as the court said the vote count is done,
Video examples
Eyes on the Forest PIPE...
buys sells and stockpiles whatever he can find the mix hoping he's got something that can help corner his suspect however one of these Mick you got a pitchfork you know you put her upside down he falls that would make an
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Quote examples
Stephen Moore
American Writer
Under the Trump tax plan, we are no longer going to subsidize big government in blue states. Now those who choose to live in blue states are going to have to join with their neighbors, collect their pitchforks, and demand tax and spending cuts from city hall and the state capital.
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Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
For heaven's sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see. You don't stand around arguing about who's responsible, or who's going to pay.
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Haniel Long
American Author
A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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Cenk Uygur
Turkish Lawyer
The establishment thinks we're the bad guys, and we're the radicals, but what they don't realize is we're actually the last line of defense. After us, it's the pitchforks.
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Gord Downie
Canadian Musician
We used to tie a skipping rope to a pitchfork and try to spear big carp. We never got one. My kids love that story, very 'Lord of the Flies.
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Keanu Reeves
Canadian Actor
Sure I believe in God and the Devil, but they don't have to have pitchforks and a long white beard.
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Horace
Roman Poet
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.
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Tab Hunter
American Actor
I feel closest to God with a pitchfork full of crap in my hands. I'm serious!
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Parker Posey
American Actress
I was raised Catholic, but the devil was never with a pitchfork.
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Stephen Moore
American Writer
Under the Trump tax plan, we are no longer going to subsidize big government in blue states. Now those who choose to live in blue states are going to have to join with their neighbors, collect their pitchforks, and demand tax and spending cuts from city hall and the state capital.
Quote examples
Sylvia Earle
American Scientist
For heaven's sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see. You don't stand around arguing about who's responsible, or who's going to pay.
Quote examples
Haniel Long
American Author
A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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Cenk Uygur
Turkish Lawyer
The establishment thinks we're the bad guys, and we're the radicals, but what they don't realize is we're actually the last line of defense. After us, it's the pitchforks.
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Gord Downie
Canadian Musician
We used to tie a skipping rope to a pitchfork and try to spear big carp. We never got one. My kids love that story, very 'Lord of the Flies.
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Keanu Reeves
Canadian Actor
Sure I believe in God and the Devil, but they don't have to have pitchforks and a long white beard.
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Horace
Roman Poet
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.
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Tab Hunter
American Actor
I feel closest to God with a pitchfork full of crap in my hands. I'm serious!
Quote examples
Parker Posey
American Actress
I was raised Catholic, but the devil was never with a pitchfork.
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