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Definition of pitchforks:

(n) : An agricultural 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).
(n) : A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
(n) : (casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(v) : (transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(v) : (transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
(n) : (rare) A tuning fork.

Definition of pitchforks:

(n) : An agricultural 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).
(n) : A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
(n) : (casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(v) : (transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(v) : (transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
(n) : (rare) A tuning fork.

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