pitchforking
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present participleof pitchfork.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“It’s kind of like snow,” said Wiley McFarland, 83, a longtime rancher and community leader who wearily recalls pitchforking thousands of the plants out of his irrigation ditches and cattle corrals during particularly bad years.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2011
I've come to apologize," said the Duchess, "for pitchforking a stranger into your room like this; but I'm sorry for the woman.
From Barnaby A Novel by R. Ramsay
When he drew near they put more spirit into their pitchforking.
From Fort Amity by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch