<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.</li><li>Pitchforks, Northern U.S.: beggar's-lice, especially the achenes of Spanish needles.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) To pitch or throw with or as if with a pitchfork.</li></ul>