Definitions for picket

Definitions for (noun) picket

Main entry: picket, piquet

Definition: a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake


Main entry: picket, pale

Definition: a wooden strip forming part of a fence


Main entry: picket

Definition: a vehicle performing sentinel duty


Main entry: picket

Definition: a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack


Main entry: lookout, lookout man, picket, sentinel, sentry, scout, spotter, watch

Definition: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event


Main entry: picket

Definition: a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work


Definitions for (verb) picket

Main entry: picket

Definition: fasten with a picket

Usage: picket the goat


Main entry: picket

Definition: serve as pickets or post pickets

Usage: picket a business to protest the layoffs


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