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Definition of Fork over
1. Verb. To surrender someone or something to another. "Fork over the money"
Generic synonyms: Give, Hand, Pass, Pass On, Reach, Turn Over
Specialized synonyms: Bail, Give Away
Derivative terms: Deliverer, Delivery, Handover
Definition of Fork over
1. Verb. To turn over soil with a gardening fork. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To pay (implies lots of money). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fork Over
Literary usage of Fork over
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"... high fork over the resonance jar of the upper fork to weaken its sound, but
bringing the low fork over the higher resonance jar as closely as possible, ..."
2. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Motto, Over fork over. (See PI. 43, fig. 7) Cunningham, [Scotland] 2nd, ...
Motto, Over fork over. [Corsehill, Ayrshire; succeeded to the title, ..."
3. The Problem of Human Life: Embracing the "evolution of Sound" and "evolution by Alexander Wilford Hall (1880)
"The lecturer held the sounding fork over the jar in the usual way, while gently
pouring in water from a pitcher till the column of air had reached the exact ..."
4. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis Marion Walters (1909)
"Hold a vibrating tuning fork over a tall jar, ... Hold a vibrating fork over the
mouth of a small fruit jar, partly covered with a piece of cardboard. ..."
5. Letters from and to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford (1888)
"afresh in his name, as they had been ; but the heraldic knowledge of the baronet
and his writer going no farther than knowing that " Over, fork over," was ..."
6. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"... live-dollar bills of a broken bunk, and asked him to fork over the specie for
them. ... Stand and fork over your purse " V — Sam Slick, Human Nature, p. ..."
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