- a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- beggar's-lice, especially the achenes of Spanish needles.
- to pitch or throw with or as if with a pitchfork.
- a long-handled fork with two or three long curved tines for lifting, turning, or tossing hay
- to use a pitchfork on (something)
- to thrust (someone) unwillingly into a position
