forklift means 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. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.
forklift is pronounced /ˈfɔɹklɪft/.
Etymology
From fork + lift.
noun
- 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.“The concrete floors of B2B sheds were already being built to an exacting degree of flatness, calibrated using lasers, so that forklifts would not teeter while lifting pallets to the highest shelves.”
verb
- To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.“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.”