Definitionen
1.NounAn 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).
2.NounA similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
3.NounAny fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
4.NounA tuning fork.
5.VerbTo toss or carry with a pitchfork."The hay was soon pitchforked onto the wagon."
6.VerbTo throw suddenly.