Noun : Bear left at the fork in the road. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : Turn left where the road forks. ,Fork left and continue to the top of the hill. From Dictionary.com.
I call it forked tongue. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Poll: Americans think Sanford should resign] Reference
I think that this man speaks with a "forked" tongue. From Wordnik.com. [McCain to vote against Sotomayor] Reference
One form I remember is forke or fourke where MF has fourche -- "forked". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: Q BEFORE U.] Reference
I would like to see an operating system/distribution without 'forked' programs. From Wordnik.com. [/dev/random] Reference
This the same kind of forked touguedness double that Jake was speaking of. From Wordnik.com. [MoJo Blogs and Articles] Reference
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo Chandrababu Naidu appears to have 'forked' his Congress. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Bayyaram decision not mine: CM] Reference
When was the last time that someone "forked" from an unsuccessful distribution of linux?. From Wordnik.com. [PCLinuxOS-Forums] Reference
At this time, a new project was spawned (or "forked") from the Sveasoft Alchemy firmware. From Wordnik.com. [Database Journal News] Reference
Unix 'forked' after the University of Berkeley modified and released it as Free Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
The worse news is that unlike most of their brethren on the "forked" list, the Clippers appear to be more or less stuck with this team. From Wordnik.com. Reference
(incorrect) claim that Google somehow "forked" OpenID. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
She looked for a scallop, found one and forked it. From Wordnik.com. [SHADOW TREASURES] Reference
The road forked about two hundred yards east of the. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
She forked a white scallop to her grinning red lips. From Wordnik.com. [SHADOW TREASURES] Reference
But there's a danger of moving from spoon-fed to forked tongue. From Wordnik.com. [An Erosion Of Trust] Reference
(Pepsi forked over millions for the group's upcoming world tour.). From Wordnik.com. [It's All About The Benjamins] Reference
We had passed but a little way beyond our left when the road forked. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Jake thinks: my very own forked tongue feels slick/moist against my teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Emerald City Days/Nights] Reference
We turned and forked our hands into sand, piled clumps of wet sand onto the castle. From Wordnik.com. [Supergirl] Reference
And right those wrongs, they change their history with their poisoned forked tongues. From Wordnik.com. [John Butler Trio Returns With 'April Uprising'] Reference
Well, in Todd's case, his parents forked over the few hundred dollars in repair costs. From Wordnik.com. [Yikes! My Tee Shot Smashed A Window! Now What?] Reference
Or urging potatoes out of the ground with a forked stick, like one of Van Gogh's Potato Eaters. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 17] Reference
Sourcebooks has forked over a plane ticket for me to do a panel and signing at NCTE in Orlando. From Wordnik.com. [Joy Preble: After the Debut, or One Year Later] Reference
He told me that he had had a dream in which a forked-tongued snake had been trying to kill him. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
Fans forked over hundreds of dollars for tickets to last week's MLB All-Star Game in California. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Cod's League of Future All Stars] Reference
I forked one of these and dumped it onto my plate, staring at it as if I expected it to come alive. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Cute] Reference
This tree was now about five inches in diameter, and forked about five to six feet from the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
But Charlene Barshefsky does not have a reputation for speaking with a forked tongue; rather the reverse. From Wordnik.com. [Trade Warriors, Please Stand Down] Reference
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