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Meaning:
Noun:
- An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
- A point where a waterway, such as a river, splits and goes two (or more) different directions.
- A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc.
- A tuning fork.
- A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.
- British Crotch.
- chess The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
- colloquial A forklift.
- computer science An event where development of some free software or open-source software is split into two or more separate projects.
- computer science A splitting-up of an existing executing parts of the same program.
- obsolete A gallows.
- The individual blades of a forklift.
Source: Wiktionary
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Verb:
- British To kick someone in the crotch.
- computer science To duplicating the existing process.
- computer science To split a (software) project into several projects.
- To use a fork to move food to the mouth.
Source: Wiktionary
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