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picket
[pik-it]
noun
a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
a person stationed by a union or the like outside a factory, store, mine, etc., in order to dissuade or prevent workers or customers from entering it during a strike.
a person engaged in any similar demonstration, as against a government's policies or actions, before an embassy, office building, construction project, etc.
Military.a soldier or detachment of soldiers placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance.
Navy, Air Force.an aircraft or ship performing similar sentinel duty.
verb (used with object)
to enclose within a picket fence or stockade, as for protection, imprisonment, etc..
to picket a lawn; to picket captives.
to fasten or tether to a picket.
to place pickets in front of or around (a factory, store, mine, embassy, etc.), as during a strike or demonstration.
Military.
to guard, as with pickets.
to post as a picket.
verb (used without object)
to stand or march as a picket.
picket
/ ˈɪɪ /
noun
a pointed stake, post, or peg that is driven into the ground to support a fence, provide a marker for surveying, etc
an individual or group that stands outside an establishment to make a protest, to dissuade or prevent employees or clients from entering, etc
Also: picquet.a small detachment of troops or warships positioned towards the enemy to give early warning of attack
verb
to post or serve as pickets at (a factory, embassy, etc)
let's go and picket the shop
to guard (a main body or place) by using or acting as a picket
(tr) to fasten (a horse or other animal) to a picket
(tr) to fence (an area, boundary, etc) with pickets
Other Word Forms
- picketer noun
- counterpicket noun
- unpicketed adjective
- ˈ辱ٱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of picket1
Word History and Origins
Origin of picket1
Example Sentences
Hundreds of fathers are expected to picket outside the Department for Business and Trade in London on Wednesday to call for an overhaul of the UK's parental leave policies.
But all train service had been interrupted by the strike, and skilled rail operators did not want to cross the picket lines.
She said: "The OnlyFans thing happened two days before teachers were on a picket line at the school gate."
Before she opens the velvet box, a friend blithely mentions that the closest she’s gotten to Krystle’s future husband was when his limo drove through a picket line.
So production designer Elisabeth Williams and her team went all in on white picket fences and manicured lawns.
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