picket (redirected from pickets)

pick·et  (pkt)

n.

1. A pointed stake often driven into the ground to support a fence, secure a tent, tether animals, mark points in surveying, or, when pointed at the top, serve as a defense.

2. A detachment of one or more troops, ships, or aircraft held in readiness or advanced to warn of an enemy's approach: "The outlying sonar picket.... was to detect, localize, and engage any submarine trying to close the convoy" Tom Clancy.

3.

a. A person or group of persons stationed outside a place of employment, usually during a strike, to express grievance or protest and discourage entry by nonstriking employees or customers.

b. A person or group of persons present outside a building to protest.

v. pick·et·ed, pick·et·ing, pick·ets

v.tr.

1. To enclose, secure, tether, mark out, or fortify with pickets.

2.

a. To post as a picket.

b. To guard with a picket.

3. To post a picket or pickets during a strike or demonstration.

v.intr.

To act or serve as a picket.

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[French piquet, from Old French, from piquer, to prick; see pique.]

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picket·er n.

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picket

Noun

1. a person or group standing outside a workplace to dissuade strikebreakers from entering

2. a small unit of troops posted to give early warning of attack

3. a pointed stake that is driven into the ground to support a fence

Verb

[-eting, -eted]

to act as pickets outside (a workplace) [Old French piquer to prick]

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Picket a small detached body of troops, 1761. See also detachment, detail.

Examples: picket of cavalry and infantry, 1844; of soldiers; of the spirit host, 1866; of strikers.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	picket - a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch security guard, watchman, watcher - a guard who keeps watch
	2.	picket - a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack detachment - a small unit of troops of special composition
	3.	picket - a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work protester, demonstrator - someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
	4.	picket - a vehicle performing sentinel duty military vehicle - vehicle used by the armed forces picket boat - a boat serving as a picket picket ship - a ship serving as a picket armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	5.	picket - a wooden strip forming part of a fence pale paling, picket fence - a fence made of upright pickets strip - thin piece of wood or metal
	6.	picket - 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 piquet torturing, torture - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
Verb	1.	picket - serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the layoffs" demonstrate, march - march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"
	2.	picket - fasten with a picket; "picket the goat" fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"

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picket

verb 1. blockade, boycott, demonstrate outside

noun 2. demonstration, strike, blockade

noun 3. protester, demonstrator, picketer, flying picket

noun 4. lookout, watch, guard, patrol, scout, spotter, sentry, sentinel, vedette Military

noun 5. stake, post, pale, paling, peg, upright, palisade, stanchion

Translations

picket [ˈpɪkɪt] n (in strike) → piquete m

vt → hacer un piquete en, piquetear;

to be on picket duty → estar de piquete

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picket [ˈpɪkɪt] n (in strike) → gréviste m/f participant à un piquet de grève; piquet m de grève

vt → mettre un piquet de grève devant

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picket [ˈpɪkɪt] n (in strike) → Streikposten m

vt [+ factory etc] → Streikposten aufstellen vor +dat

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picket [ˈpɪkɪt] n (in strike) → scioperante m/f che fa parte di un picchetto; picchetto

vt → picchettare