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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 [ˈpɪkɪt]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a pointed stake, post, or peg that is driven into the ground to support a fence, provide a marker for surveying, etc.

2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) an individual or group that stands outside an establishment to make a protest, to dissuade or prevent employees or clients from entering, etc.

3. (Military) Also picquet a small detachment of troops or warships positioned towards the enemy to give early warning of attack

vb

1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to post or serve as pickets at (a factory, embassy, etc.) let's go and picket the shop

2. (Military) to guard (a main body or place) by using or acting as a picket

3. (tr) to fasten (a horse or other animal) to a picket

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) (tr) to fence (an area, boundary, etc.) with pickets

[from French piquet, from Old French piquer to prick; see pike²]

picketer  n

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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

blockade, boycott, demonstrate outside The miners went on strike and picketed the power station.

noun

1. demonstration, strike, blockade Demonstrators have set up a twenty-four-hour picket.

2. protester, demonstrator, picketer, flying picket Ten hotels were damaged by pickets in the weekend strike.

3. lookout, watch, guard, patrol, scout, spotter, sentry, sentinel, vedette (Military) Troops are still manning pickets and patrolling the area.

4. stake, post, pale, paling, peg, upright, palisade, stanchion The area was fenced in with pickets to keep out the animals.

Translations

picket [ˈpɪkɪt]

A. N

1. (= stake) → estaca f

2. (= strikers) → piquete m (Mil) (= sentry) → piquete m; (= group) → pelotón m

B. VT [+ factory] → poner piquetes a la puerta de, piquetear(LAm)

C. VI → formar piquetes, piquetear(LAm)

D. CPD picket duty N to be on picket duty → estar de guardia
picket fence N → estacada f, cerca f
picket line N → piquete m
to cross a picket line → no hacer caso de un piquete

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picket [ˈpɪkɪt]

n

(= person) (in strike) → gréviste m/f participant à un piquet de grève

(= action) → piquet m de grève

vt [+ workplace] → mettre un piquet de grève devant
picket fence n → palissade f

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picket

n

(of strikers) → Streikposten m; to mount a picket (at or on a gate) → (an or bei einem Tor) Streikposten aufstellen

(Mil) → Feldposten m, → Vorposten m

(= stake) → Pfahl m; picket fence → Palisade f, → Palisadenzaun m

vt factory → Streikposten aufstellen vor (+dat); (demonstrators etc) → demonstrieren vor (+dat)

vi → Streikposten aufstellen; he is picketing at the front entrance → er ist Streikposten am Vordereingang

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picket:

picket boat

n (of port police) → Patrouillenboot nt

picket duty

n → Streikpostendienst m; to be on picket → Streikposten sein

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picket [ˈpɪkɪt]

1. n

a. (stake) → picchetto

b. (striker, band of strikers) → picchetto (Mil) (sentry) → sentinella; (group) → picchetto

2. vt → picchettare

3. vi → picchettare

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picket

n picket [ˈpikit]

1 (any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; (also adjective ) a picket line. staaktou نُظّار الإضْراب стачен пост stávková hlídka strejkevagt der Streikposten, Streikposten-... ομάδα περιφρούρησης απεργίας piquete streigivalve پیشگام اعتصاب lakkovahti piquet de grève מִשמֶרֶת שוֹבתִים धरना देने वाला straža (osobito za štrajk,demonstrant sztrájkőr(ség) piket verkfallsvörður picchetto ピケ 피켓(대), 감시원 piketas pikets orang yg berpiket stakingspost streikevakt pikieta piquete pichet пикетчик štrajková hliadka stavkovna straža; stražen štrajkač strejkvakt[] กลุ่มผู้นัดหยุดงาน grev gözcüsü 工人罷工時的糾察隊 пікет اسٹرائک کي وجہ سے کام سے روکنے والا nhóm người đứng gác không cho ai vào làm khi đình công 工人罢工时的纠察队

2 a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; (also adjective ) picket duty. bewaakpunt مَفْرَزَة جُنود طَوارئ пост stráž vagtpost; vagt- die Feldwache, Feldwach-... περίπολος piquete valvesalk دیده بان vartio détachement מִשמָר टुकड़ी postaviti stražu őrszem piket hervörður picchetto 見張り兵 전초(대) sargyba, sargybos postas sardze; postenis piket piket vaktpost placówka, posterunek piquete (soldat de) pază сторожевой отряд stráž; strážny predstraža; patrolen straža postering ทหารยาม ileri karakol 警戒哨 сторожова застава پہرہ دينے والا فوجي nhóm cảnh sát làm nhiệm vụ 警戒哨

v

1 to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp. bewaak يَضَع الجُنود او المُضرِبين على المَدخَل поставям постове postavit hlídky postere strejkevagter; opstille vagtposter Streikposten aufstellen εγκαθιστώ ομάδες περιφρούρησης ή περιπόλους, αποκλείω formar un piquete valvet välja panema کشیک گذاشتن sijoittaa lakkovahdiksi organiser un piquet/cordon de לְהָצִיב מִשמָר घेरा डालना, खूंटा गाड़ना stražiti (sztrájk)őrséget állít memasang piket setja her-/verkfallsvörð um picchettare 見張りを置く 전초병을 배치하다 išstatyti piketą/sargybos postus prie piketēt; izlikt sardzi/posteņus menempatkan laten posten, versterken met piketten gå streikevakt; sette opp vakt obstawić posterunkami, otoczyć pikietami fazer piquete a picheta, a înconjura выставлять охранение postaviť hliadky postaviti stražo postaviti stražu sätta ut strejkvakter (en postering) เผ้ายาม nöbet tutmak 配置哨兵於；設置糾察包圍 виставляти пікет پہرہ دينا chặn gác 配置哨兵于；设置纠察包围

2 to act as a picket (at) In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp. bewaak يَتَصَرَّف كَمَفْرَزَة جُنود او عُمّال مُضربين стоя на стачен пост hlídkovat gå strejkevagt; holde vagt Streikposten/Feldwache stehen απομακρύνω απεργοσπάστες, κάνω περιπολία formar parte de un piquete valves olema کشیک دادن olla lakkovahtina faire du piquetage לְהַצִיב מִשמֶרֶת שוֹבתִים धरना देना straža őrt áll; sztrájkőrségen van berpiket standa verkfallsvörð við picchettare 見張りをする 피켓을 배치하다 piketuoti, eiti sargybą prie piketēt berpiket posten, met piketten bewaken stå (streike)vakt pikietować, stać na warcie przy fazer piquete a se organiza în pichete пикетировать;охранять hliadkovať stražiti, patruljirati štrajkovati vara (gå) strejkvakt, bevaka การนัดหยุดงาน grev gözcülüğü yapmak; ileri karakola çıkmak 擔任糾察 пікетувати اسٹرائک کي وجہ سے کام سے روکنا gác 担任纠察