forked /fɔː(ɹ)kt/adjective 2phrases 2 adjective2 •That splits into two or more directions, or parts.It's a forked road. Turn left at the fork.A baidarka has a forked bow. •Having forks (parts into which anything is furcated or divided).A three-forked trident. Phrases with forked forked tongueThe split tongue of a snake. speak with a forked tongueTo speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful.