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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{compound|en|fork|lift}}
From {{compound|en|fork|lift}}.


===Noun===
===Noun===
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* Czech: {{t+|cs|vysokozdvižný vozík|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vysokozdvižný vozík|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|gaffeltruck}}, {{qualifier|slang}} {{t+|da|truck}}
* Danish: {{t|da|gaffeltruck}}, {{qualifier|slang}} {{t+|da|truck}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vorkheftruck|c}}, {{t+|nl|heftruck|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vorkheftruck|m}}, {{t+|nl|heftruck|m}}, {{t+|nl|vorklift|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ĉarelo}}, {{t|eo|levĉaro}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ĉarelo}}, {{t|eo|levĉaro}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kahveltõstuk}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kahveltõstuk}}
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* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|виљушкар|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|виљушкар|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|wakatīrou}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|wakatīrou}}, {{t|mi|wakahiki}}
* Norwegian:
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|gaffeltruck|m}}, {{t+|nb|truck|m}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|gaffeltruck|m}}, {{t+|nb|truck|m}}
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* Silesian: {{t|szl|widłowy wůzek}}
* Silesian: {{t|szl|widłowy wůzek}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vysokozdvižný vozík}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vysokozdvižný vozík}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|montacargas|m}} {{q|Latin America}}, {{t|es|carretilla elevadora|f}} {{q|Spain}}, {{t|es|grúa horquilla|f}} {{q|Chile}}, {{t+|es|pato|m}} {{q|Peru, colloquial}}, {{t+|es|mula|m}} {{q|Argentina}}, {{t+|es|toro|m}} {{q|Spain, colloquial}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|montacargas|m}} {{q|Latin America}}, {{t|es|carretilla elevadora|f}} {{q|Spain}}, {{t|es|grúa horquilla|f}} {{q|Chile}}, {{t+|es|pato|m}} {{q|Peru, colloquial}}, {{t+|es|mula|m}} {{q|Argentina}}, {{t+|es|toro|m}} {{q|Spain, colloquial}}, {{t|es|montacarga|m}} {{qualifier|Latin America}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gaffeltruck|c}}, {{t+|sv|truck|c}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gaffeltruck|c}}, {{t+|sv|truck|c}}
* Thai: {{t|th|รถยก}}
* Thai: {{t|th|รถยก}}
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|passage=With bouncerly finesse, Frank '''forklifted''' his arms under Gerald's & plucked him off his stool, dragging him towards the back & the source of that incessant voice.}}
|passage=With bouncerly finesse, Frank '''forklifted''' his arms under Gerald's & plucked him off his stool, dragging him towards the back & the source of that incessant voice.}}


[[Category:en:Vehicles]]
{{C|en|Vehicles}}

Latest revision as of 11:09, 27 September 2024

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From fork +‎ lift.

Noun

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forklift (plural forklifts)

  1. A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

Synonyms

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Verb

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forklift (third-person singular simple present forklifts, present participle forklifting, simple past and past participle forklifted)

  1. To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
    • 2009, Garry Thomas Morse, Death in Vancouver, page 49:
      With bouncerly finesse, Frank forklifted his arms under Gerald's & plucked him off his stool, dragging him towards the back & the source of that incessant voice.