Picket Meaning

There are 8 meaning(s) for word Picket

Meaning 1 : a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

    Synonyms : lookout,  lookout man,  scout,  sentinel,  sentry,  spotter,  watch
Meaning 2 : 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

    Synonyms : piquet
Meaning 3 : a wooden strip forming part of a fence

    Synonyms : pale
Meaning 4 : a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack

Meaning 5 : a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work

Meaning 6 : a vehicle performing sentinel duty

Meaning 7 : fasten with a picket

    Example : picket the goat

Meaning 8 : serve as pickets or post pickets

    Example : picket a business to protest the layoffs


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