verb
- moved or lifted with a pitchfork
- thrust or placed suddenly into a position or situation
Usage: informal
Examples
- The farmer pitchforked hay into the barn loft.
- She pitchforked the straw into neat piles.
- He was pitchforked into the leadership role after the resignation.
- The scandal pitchforked her into the spotlight.
- They pitchforked manure onto the garden beds.
- The merger pitchforked employees into uncertainty.