pitchforked
Thrust with prongs
Pitchforked is the past tense of pitchfork, meaning to lift or move with a pitchfork—the long-handled farm tool with sharp prongs used for hay or manure.
Figuratively, to be pitchforked into something is to be thrust suddenly and forcibly into a situation: She was pitchforked into the CEO role when her predecessor resigned unexpectedly.
Portable fire on poles
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- angryFeeling strong displeasure
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
- riotViolent public disturbance
lynching · chase · Frankenstein · monster · pursuit · townspeople · uprising · fury
Fork's pointed projections
- hayforkPronged tool for tossing dried grass
- hayDried feed crop
- strawTube for sipping
- baleBound mass of material
manure · compost · haystack · pitching · forking · mucking · stable · barn
Forceful forward motion
catapulted · launched · pushed · ejected · cast · flung · sudden · unprepared
torches
Portable fire on poles
- villagersInhabitants of small settlements
- angryFeeling strong displeasure
- peasantsLow-ranking agricultural workers
riot · lynching · chase · Frankenstein · monster · pursuit · townspeople · uprising · fury · storming
tines
Fork's pointed projections
bale · manure · compost · haystack · pitching · forking · mucking · stable · barn · livestock
thrust
Forceful forward motion
propelled · catapulted · launched · pushed · ejected · cast · flung · sudden · unprepared · unwilling
bucolic
Idyllically rural
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- peasantLow-status agricultural laborer
homestead · agrarian · provincial · village · folkways · harvest · meadow · farmhouse · yokel · plowshare
- pitchfork mobEnraged townsfolk with implements
- rain pitchforksExtremely heavy precipitation
- raining pitchforksExtremely heavy precipitation