forky

American  

[fawr-kee] / ˈfɔr ki /

adjective

forkier, forkiest

1. forked.

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Other Word Forms

• forkiness noun

Etymology

Origin of forky

First recorded in 1500–10; fork + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The lightning more broader and brighter flashes, hurling down its forky streaming bolts far in the wilderness, its flaming path followed by the vollying artillery of the skies.

From Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father by Mitchell, I. (Isaac)

Thou Har, who grip’st thy foeman Right hard, and Rolf the bowman, And many, many others, The forky lightning’s brothers!

From Targum by Borrow, George Henry

At the sight of the young man it lashed its tail so violently that the earth trembled as if with an earthquake, while its forky tongue darted in and out with a deafening hissing noise.

From The Red Romance Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)

The forky lightning flashed, and the deep toned thunder reverberated peal on peal, while the shrieking winds rocked the tree tops, and poured their wild melody upon the ear.

From Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Hanna, Abigail Stanley

He spoke, and high the forky trident hurl'd, Rolls clouds on clouds, and stirs the watery world, At once the face of earth and sea deforms, Swells all the winds, and rouses all the storms.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander