rain pitchforks

verb

To rain heavily.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person rains pitchforks · participle present raining pitchforks · participle past rained pitchforks · past rained pitchforks

  1. idiomaticinformalTo 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: rain cats and dogs

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo rain heavily.

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rain cats and dogs
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APA

rain pitchforks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rain%20pitchforks

MLA

“rain pitchforks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rain%20pitchforks. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rain pitchforks,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rain%20pitchforks.

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