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Definitions for Picket

[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 customers from entering it during a strike.
[3] a person engaged in any similar demonstration, as against a government's policies or actions, before an embassy, office building, construction project, etc.
[4] Military . a soldier or detachment of soldiers placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance.
[5] Navy , Air Force . an aircraft or ship performing similar sentinel duty.
[6] to enclose within a picket fence or stockade, as for protection, imprisonment, etc.: to picket a lawn; to picket captives.
[7] to fasten or tether to a picket.
[8] to place pickets in front of or around (a factory, store, mine, embassy, etc.), as during a strike or demonstration.
[9] Military . to guard, as with pickets. to post as a picket.
[10] to stand or march as a picket.
[11] a pointed stake, post, or peg that is driven into the ground to support a fence, provide a marker for surveying, etc
[12] an individual or group that stands outside an establishment to make a protest, to dissuade or prevent employees or clients from entering, etc
[13] Also: picquet a small detachment of troops or warships positioned towards the enemy to give early warning of attack
[14] to post or serve as pickets at (a factory, embassy, etc) let's go and picket the shop
[15] to guard (a main body or place) by using or acting as a picket
[16] (tr) to fasten (a horse or other animal) to a picket
[17] (tr) to fence (an area, boundary, etc) with pickets

Words related to Picket

demonstrator, sentry, blockade, demonstrate, boycott, stanchion, pillar, stake, rail, palisade, upright, peg, pale, panel, paling, protester, striker, lookout, patrol, watch

Words nearby Picket

pickerel, pickerel frog, pickerelweed, pickering, pickeringite, picket, picket boat, picket fence, picket line, pickett, pickford

Origin of Picket

From the French word piquet, dating back to 1680–90. See pike2, -et

Other words from Picket

pick·et·er , noun
coun·ter·pick·et , noun, verb
un·pick·et·ed , adjective

Word origin for Picket

C18: from French piquet, from Old French piquer to prick; see pike ²

Synonyms for Picket

pale, paling, palisade, panel, peg, pillar, rail, stake, stanchion, upright