fork over

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

fork over

verb forks over · forking over · forked over

transitive To turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork. I forked over half the allotment this morning.
US, idiomatic, transitive To pay, give up or hand over a large amount of money. Hundreds of spectators forked over the 70 bucks for tickets.

Translations

Every language

verb pay

Français	casquer, débourser, cracher au bassinet
Русский	вы́ложить výložitʹ

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"fork over." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fork%20over. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

fork over. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fork%20over

Chicago

"fork over." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fork%20over.

BibTeX

@misc{fork_over_2026,
  title = {fork over},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fork%20over},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}