forklift

fork +‎ lift

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.

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.