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rain pitchforks

rain pitchforks verb: to rain heavily.

Verb

rain pitchforks (third-person singular simple present rains pitchforks, present participle raining pitchforks, simple past and past participle rained pitchforks)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To rain heavily.
    • “What there is no question of is”, said Linette, “that my poor frock will be spoiled. It is going to rain pitchforks. There will be water enough to drown you before we reach the house, and your mites of shoes will be lost; but come along”.1857, Eliza Lee Follen, Piccolissima

Synonyms of rain pitchforks

Forms of rain pitchforks

third-person singular presentrains pitchforks
present participleraining pitchforks
past participlerained pitchforks
pastrained pitchforks

Questions about rain pitchforks

What does rain pitchforks mean?
Rain pitchforks means to rain heavily.
What part of speech is rain pitchforks?
Rain pitchforks is a verb.
What is the past tense of rain pitchforks?
The past tense of rain pitchforks is rained pitchforks.

Words near rain pitchforks in the dictionary

  1. rain or shine
  2. rain out
  3. rain owl
  4. rain owls
  5. rain pit
  6. rain pitchforks
  7. rain quail
  8. rain shadow
  9. rain shadows
  10. rain shower
  11. rain showers

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