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raining pitchforks

raining pitchforks is the present participle and gerund of rain pitchforks.

Meaning of rain pitchforks

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

Questions about raining pitchforks

What is raining pitchforks the present participle and gerund of?
Raining pitchforks is the present participle and gerund of rain pitchforks.

Words near raining pitchforks in the dictionary

  1. raining like cats and dogs
  2. raining off
  3. raining on one's parade
  4. raining on someone's parade
  5. raining out
  6. raining pitchforks
  7. raining stair rods
  8. rainings
  9. rainish
  10. rainjacket
  11. rainjackets

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