pitchforking

• present participle

  present participle

  A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.

  of pitchfork.
  pitchfork

  noun

  a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.

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pitchforking

“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

When he drew near they put more spirit into their pitchforking.

From Fort Amity by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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

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