Pitchfork (disambiguation)
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A pitchfork
Pitchfork
A pitchfork is an agricultural tool with a long handle and long, thin, widely separated pointed tines used to lift and pitch loose material, such as hay, leaves, grapes, dung or other agricultural materials. Pitchforks typically have two or three tines...

is a long-handled tool with sharp, widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching (throwing) loose material such as hay or dung.

Pitchfork can also refer to:
  • Pitchfork bifurcation
    Pitchfork bifurcation
    In bifurcation theory, a field within mathematics, a pitchfork bifurcation is a particular type of local bifurcation. Pitchfork bifurcations, like Hopf bifurcations have two types - supercritical or subcritical....

  • Pitchfork Media
    Pitchfork Media
    Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...

    , an internet publication covering music
  • Pitchfork Music Festival
    Pitchfork Music Festival
    The Pitchfork Music Festival is an annual summer music festival organized by Pitchfork Media and held in Union Park in Chicago, IL. The festival, which is normally held over three days in July, focuses primarily on artists and bands from alternative rock, rap & hip-hop, electronica, and dance...

    , an annual music festival founded and hosted by Pitchfork Media
  • Pitchfork (band)
    Pitchfork (band)
    Pitchfork was an American post-hardcore band formed in 1986 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 1990. They are most well known as the first "real" band of guitarist John Reis, who would later gain fame as the frontman in Rocket from the Crypt, and as the first collaboration between Reis and...

    , an American rock band
  • Pitchfork (album)
    Pitchfork (album)
    Pitchfork is the first EP by rock band Clutch. It was released on vinyl in October 1991, and was re-released on CD in 1999. The EP also formed the first four songs of the band's 2005 album, Pitchfork & Lost Needles.-Track listing:...

    , a 1991 EP by the American rock band Clutch
  • Pitchfork (hand gesture), a hand gesture made by Arizona State University fans and alumni
  • Colin Pitchfork
    Colin Pitchfork
    Colin Pitchfork is a British criminal, the first convicted of murder based on DNA fingerprinting evidence, and the first to be caught as a result of mass DNA screening. Pitchfork raped and murdered two girls, the first in Narborough, Leicestershire, in November 1983, and the second in Enderby,...

    , first person convicted using DNA fingerprinting
  • Project Pitchfork
    Project Pitchfork
    Project Pitchfork is an electronic musical group from Hamburg, Germany.-History:Project Pitchfork was formed by Peter Spilles and Dirk Scheuber. Having agreed to work together, they then picked the project's name by picking a word at random from the dictionary. The demo K.N.K.A. was recorded...

    , a German electronic musical group
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