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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
- Alsopicquet 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
Derived Forms
- ˈ辱ٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- 辱·· noun
- dzܲ·ٱ·辱· noun verb
- ܲ·辱·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of picket1
Word History and Origins
Origin of picket1
Example Sentences
It has represented a major clear-up operation since the police tactics changed on the picket line and the behind-the-scenes interventions by the government.
Despite the obvious danger, we continued picketing and singing.
Goranson: In a Connerian way — is that a new term? — no one’s getting the white picket fence in the suburbs unless it’s way in the suburbs.
During the all-out strike that began on 11 March, workers on the picket line have walked slowly in front of the bin lorries being driven out.
Sharon Graham seldom pulls her punches, but apart from giving a few quotes, she has not been on picket lines, and failed to give interviews bashing the council or the government.
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