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• picket — [pik′it] n. [Fr piquet < piquer, to pierce < pic,PIKE2] 1. a stake or slat, usually pointed, used as an upright in a fence, a hitching post for animals, a marker, etc. 2. a group of soldiers or a single soldier stationed, usually at an… …   English World dictionary

• picket line — picket .line n a group of people who stand outside a factory and try to prevent people from going in or coming out during a ↑strike on a picket line ▪ So far, there has been very little violence on the picket line. ▪ Very few workers were willing …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• picket line — picket lines N COUNT A picket line is a group of pickets outside a place of work. The miners are trying to get factory workers to join them on the picket line... No one tried to cross the picket lines …   English 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 — 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 — pick|et1 [ˈpıkıt] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: piquet, from piquer to prick ] 1.) a) when a group of people stand or march in front of a shop, factory, government building etc to protest about something or to stop people from going in… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• picket — picketer, n. /pik it/, n. 1. a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc. 2. a person stationed by a union or the like outside a factory, store, mine, etc., in order to dissuade or prevent workers or …   Universalium

• picket — pick•et [[t]ˈpɪk ɪt[/t]] n. 1) bui a post, stake, or peg that is driven into the ground for use in a fence, to fasten down a tent, etc 2) a person stationed, as by a union, outside a factory, store, etc., to dissuade workers or customers from… …   From formal English to slang

• 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 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 — n. & v. n. 1 a person or group of people outside a place of work, intending to persuade esp. workers not to enter during a strike etc. 2 a pointed stake or peg driven into the ground to form a fence or palisade, to tether a horse, etc. 3 (also… …   Useful english dictionary