pitchfork

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
2. 2
   A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
3. 3
   Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
4. 4
   A tuning fork.

Verb

1. 1
   To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
2. 2
   To throw suddenly.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.