What does fork mean in slang?

To pay up, to hand over. This slangy term probably comes from the verb “to fork,” underground slang for picking someone's pocket using only two fingers (resembling a two-tined fork).
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What is a fork slang?

a replacement for the offensive term "fuck". That sucked, I really got forked by them. See more words with the same meaning: censored replacements for offensive terms (list of).
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What does fork over mean?

to hand over or use up in payment. I hated to have to fork over that kind of money for a new set of tires.
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What does it mean when you get forked?

having two meanings with intent to deceive. "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"
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What does forking someones yard mean?

"Forking" someone's lawn or yard is apparently a thing. Urban Dictionary describes Forked as "When you buy 4 packs of 500 forks, and then go to someone's house who you hate late at night. Then, you put all the forks into the ground with the handle out.
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What does forked mean in literature?

having sharp angles; zigzag. insincere or equivocal (esp in the phrase forked tongue)
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What shell out means?

informal. to pay money for something, especially when the cost is unexpected and not wanted: If we lose the case, we'll be forced to shell out.
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What does scraping by mean?

Definition of scrape by

1 : to live with barely enough money : to be able to buy only the things most needed Money was tight, but we somehow managed to scrape by. 2 : to succeed at doing something but just barely He didn't study for the exam and just barely scraped by.
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What does fork over the dough mean?

To pay, generally unwillingly, a certain amount of money. If you want the most cutting edge technology, you'd better be prepared to fork over the dough for it.
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What does spoon mean in slang?

to lie against another person, facing the same direction, with participants on their sides. (Frequently the male is behind the female.) Etymology: the two (or more) people fit together like spoons. Kenneth and Will spoon together every night.
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What does fork mean in Crypto?

In blockchain, a fork is defined variously as: "what happens when a blockchain diverges into two potential paths forward" "a change in protocol", or. a situation that "occurs when two or more blocks have the same block height"
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What does scrap mean in slang?

a dirty person who looks like crap. You look like a scrap.
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What's a scraper slang?

A scraper is an informal term to describe a modified American-made luxury/family car, usually a General Motors model from the 1980s to current vehicles, typically enhanced with after-market rims.
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Is it legal to scrape?

Web scraping and crawling aren't illegal by themselves. After all, you could scrape or crawl your own website, without a hitch. Startups love it because it's a cheap and powerful way to gather data without the need for partnerships.
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What does not budge an inch mean?

: to make even a slight change in opinion or attitude I begged him to reconsider, but he wouldn't give/budge an inch.
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What does green with envy mean?

Definition of green with envy

: very envious They were green with envy over the neighbors' new boat.
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What is an arm and a leg?

Definition of an arm and a leg

informal. : a very large amount of money It's a reliable car, and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
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What is the synonym of fork?

In this page you can discover 68 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for fork, like: crotch, table fork, trident, confluence, pitchfork, manure fork, prong, bifurcation, wheel, handlebar and branch.
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What does rolled mean in slang?

ROLLED means "Robbed." Rolled is a slang synonym of the word "robbed," as in "mugged." For example: An old guy was ROLLED in the park last night.
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Is hot a slang?

(slang, of a person) Very physically and/or sexually attractive. That stripper is hot! (slang) Sexually aroused; randy. Enough foreplay!
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What does the cooler mean in slang?

informal + somewhat old-fashioned. : a prison or jail They threw him in the cooler.
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What is a soft fork Bitcoin?

What Is a Soft Fork? In blockchain technology, a soft fork is a change to the software protocol where only previously valid transaction blocks are made invalid. Because old nodes will recognize the new blocks as valid, a soft fork is backwards-compatible.
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When was the last Bitcoin fork?

Bitcoin Cash: Some Bitcoin users and developers wanted to avoid the upgrades that SegWit brought about. Hence, they created a hard fork called Bitcoin Cash. The fork was split from the main blockchain in August of 2017.
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Who decides to fork Bitcoin?

Forks occur when the software of different miners become misaligned. It's up to miners to decide which blockchain to continue using. If there isn't a unanimous decision, then this can result in the creation of two versions of the blockchain.
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