ALL meanings of picket
pick·et
P p - noun picket a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc. 1
- noun picket 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. 1
- noun picket a person engaged in any similar demonstration, as against a government's policies or actions, before an embassy, office building, construction project, etc. 1
- noun picket Military. a soldier or detachment of soldiers placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance. 1
- noun picket Navy, Air Force. an aircraft or ship performing similar sentinel duty. 1
- verb with object picket to enclose within a picket fence or stockade, as for protection, imprisonment, etc.: to picket a lawn; to picket captives. 1
- verb with object picket to fasten or tether to a picket. 1
- verb with object picket to place pickets in front of or around (a factory, store, mine, embassy, etc.), as during a strike or demonstration. 1
- verb with object picket Military. to guard, as with pickets. to post as a picket. 1
- verb without object picket to stand or march as a picket. 1
- noun picket strike, protest 1
- transitive verb picket protest by blocking entry to 1
- intransitive verb picket protest by blocking entry 1
- noun picket protestor who blocks entry to sth 1
- noun picket wooden post 1
- noun picket a person, as a member of a labor union on strike, stationed outside a factory, store, or public building, often carrying a sign, to demonstrate opposition to certain views or practices, keep strikebreakers from entering, or dissuade people from buying 0
- verb transitive picket to enclose, shut in, or protect with a picket fence or palisade 0
- verb transitive picket to hitch (an animal) to a picket 0
- verb transitive picket to post as a military picket 0
- verb transitive picket to guard (a body of troops) with a picket 0
- verb transitive picket to place pickets, or serve as a picket, at (a factory, etc.) 0
- intransitive verb picket to serve as a picket (sense 4) 0
- verb picket 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 workers to join a strike. 0
- verb picket Picket is also a noun. 0
- countable noun picket Pickets are people who are picketing a place of work. 0
- noun picket a pointed stake, post, or peg that is driven into the ground to support a fence, provide a marker for surveying, etc 0
- noun picket an individual or group that stands outside an establishment to make a protest, to dissuade or prevent employees or clients from entering, etc 0
- noun picket a small detachment of troops or warships positioned towards the enemy to give early warning of attack 0
- verb picket to post or serve as pickets at (a factory, embassy, etc) 0
- verb picket to guard (a main body or place) by using or acting as a picket 0
- verb picket to fasten (a horse or other animal) to a picket 0
- verb picket to fence (an area, boundary, etc) with pickets 0
- noun picket a stake or slat, usually pointed, used as an upright in a fence, a hitching post for animals, a marker, etc. 0
- noun picket a group of soldiers or a single soldier stationed, usually at an outpost, to guard a body of troops from surprise attack 0
- noun picket a ship or airplane that patrols a defense perimeter 0