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picket (verb)

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  • picket — /ˈpɪkət / (say pikuht) noun 1. a pointed post, stake, pale, or peg, as for driving into the ground in making a stockade, for placing vertically to form the main part of a fence (picket fence), for driving into the ground to fasten something to,… …  

  • picket — pick·et 1 n: a person posted by a labor organization at a place of employment affected by a labor dispute; broadly: a person posted for a demonstration or protest picket 2 vt: to post pickets in front of: walk or stand in front of as a picket… …   Law dictionary

  • picket — ► NOUN 1) a person or group of people standing outside a workplace trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike. 2) a soldier or small body of troops sent out to watch for the enemy. 3) a pointed wooden stake driven into the ground. ►… …   English terms dictionary

  • picket — (n.) 1680s, pointed stake (for defense against cavalry, etc.), from Fr. piquet, from piquer to pierce (see PIKE (Cf. pike) (n.2)). Sense of troops posted to watch for enemy first recorded 1761; that of striking workers stationed to prevent others …   Etymology dictionary

  • picket — The verb has inflected forms picketed, picketing …   Modern English usage

  • picket — US /ˈpɪkɪt/ noun [C] HR, WORKPLACE ► (also picket line) a group of people who stand outside an organization s building holding signs to protest against something. The people who protest are often employees who disagree with the management: »The… …   Financial and business terms

  • picket — I. noun Etymology: French piquet, from Middle French, from piquer to prick more at pike Date: circa 1702 1. a pointed or sharpened stake, post, or pale 2. a. a detached body of soldiers serving to guard an army from surprise b. a detachment kept… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • picket — 1 noun (C) 1 also picket line a group or line of people who stand or march in front of a shop, factory, government building etc to protest about something or to stop people from going in during a strike: a picket on the steps of the Federal court …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • picket — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ mass ▪ flying (BrE) ▪ Flying pickets arrived from all over the country. VERB + PICKET ▪ organize ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • picket — I UK [ˈpɪkɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms picket : singular picket plural pickets 1) a) a group of people who are protesting about something outside a building, especially a group of workers who are on strike and are encouraging other… …   English dictionary

  • picket — [[t]pɪ̱kɪt[/t]] pickets, picketing, picketed 1) VERB When a group of people, usually trade union members, picket a place of work, they stand outside it in order to protest about something, to prevent people from going in, or to persuade the… …   English dictionary

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