pitchfork
Barn tine tool
A pitchfork is a long-handled farm tool with two or more widely spaced prongs, used for lifting and tossing hay, straw, or other loose material.
The pitchfork's silhouette—a handle topped by pointed tines—has made it an enduring symbol of rural life, angry mobs, and the devil himself.
To pitchfork something is to lift or move it with this tool, or figuratively to thrust someone abruptly into a situation: She was pitchforked into the CEO role after the scandal.
Fork's pointed projections
- prongsSharp projecting points
- handlePart for gripping
- forkingDividing into branches
- spadingTurning soil manually
digging · lifting · turning · aerating · cultivate · garden · horticulture · shovel
Dried feed crop
- haystackPiled dried grass
- baleBound mass of material
- strawTube for sipping
- manureAnimal waste as fertilizer
compost · barn · harvest · tractor · silo · pasture · livestock · stable
Public display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
activism · dissent · mob · populist · grassroots · peasant · rebellion · resistance
Evil supernatural entity
- demonMalevolent supernatural being
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- hauntTrouble persistently, as spirits
- legendUnverified traditional tale
superstition · tale · witch · Halloween · scarecrow · harvest · ritual · omen
Portable fire on poles
- angryFeeling strong displeasure
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
lynch · chase · riot · ransack · storm · vigilante · rabble · siege
Judeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
- demonMalevolent supernatural being
- tridentThree-pronged fishing spear
- LuciferRebellious angel of Christian theology
- hellUnderworld of suffering
inferno · horns · tail · fiend · Beelzebub · Mephistopheles · damnation · underworld
Critical written assessment
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
- albumUnified collection of recordings
- indieProduced outside majors
- musicOrganized auditory art
critic · website · score · publication · hipster · alternative · recommendation · editorial
tines
Fork's pointed projections
spading · digging · lifting · turning · aerating · cultivate · garden · horticulture · shovel · spade
hay
Dried feed crop
manure · compost · barn · harvest · tractor · silo · pasture · livestock · stable · fodder
demonstration
Public display of opinion
revolt · activism · dissent · mob · populist · grassroots · peasant · rebellion · resistance · strike
devil
Evil supernatural entity
- demonMalevolent supernatural being
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- hauntTrouble persistently, as spirits
legend · superstition · tale · witch · Halloween · scarecrow · harvest · ritual · omen · countryside
torches
Portable fire on poles
- angryFeeling strong displeasure
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
revolt · lynch · chase · riot · ransack · storm · vigilante · rabble · siege · rampage
Satan
Judeo-Christian arch-enemy of God
- demonMalevolent supernatural being
- tridentThree-pronged fishing spear
- LuciferRebellious angel of Christian theology
hell · inferno · horns · tail · fiend · Beelzebub · Mephistopheles · damnation · underworld · brimstone
review
Critical written assessment
music · critic · website · score · publication · hipster · alternative · recommendation · editorial · streaming
- Halloweenjack-o-lantern, trick or treating, haunted mansion, pumpkin, trick-or-treat
- branchingbranching, dendrite, dendrites, dendritic, tree root
- farm toolshoe, rake, shovel, plow, scythe
- farmsteadfarmhouse, barn cat, farm cat, farm dog, farmyard
- Folk Americanared barn, quilt, weathervane, covered wagon, log cabin
- garden toolshand trowel, trowel, hoe, rake, spade
pitchforkhalo
Luminous ring overhead
angel wings · harp · trident · shepherd's crook · olive branch
- pitchfork mobEnraged townsfolk with implements
- rain pitchforksExtremely heavy precipitation
- raining pitchforksExtremely heavy precipitation