Fork

/fษ”หk/

The meaning and definition of Fork, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. Used in the names of some river tributaries.
    โ€œWest Fork White River and East Fork White River join together to form the White River of Indiana.โ€
  2. Any of the software projects resulting from such a split.
    โ€œLibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.โ€
verb
  1. To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.
    โ€œFighting for peace is like fucking for virginity.โ€
  2. To put in an extremely difficult or impossible situation.
    โ€œI'm afraid they're gonna fuck you on this one.โ€
Synonyms branch pitchfork pommel swell bang do it

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