pitchfork

1. 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).

   Heugabel, Mistgabel

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   ви́лаvýla, ґа́бліgábli, га́бліhábli

   a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay

2. A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.

3. (шире, разговорное)Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).

4. (переносно, во множественном числе, метонимически)An angry mob; the power or effects of such a mob.

   The city council was facing the pitchforks once the public had realized what the new ordinance entailed.

5. (редкое)A tuning fork.

1. The peasantry revolted wielding pitchforks and clubs.

   Крестьяне восстали, взяв в руки вилы и дубинки.

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2. Stay calm and sharpen your pitchforks.

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3. Lorenzo was sharpening the pitchfork with something.

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4. Gustavo killed the snake with a pitchfork.

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5. Donald came with a pitchfork in his hands.

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