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picket

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: picket

1
 nv
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
fasten with a picket
2
 nv
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
serve as pickets or post pickets
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: picket
1

n a wooden strip forming part of a fence

Synonyms:
pale
Type of:
strip
thin piece of wood or metal

n 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
Type of:
torture, torturing
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

v fasten with a picket

“picket the goat”
Type of:
fasten, fix, secure
cause to be firmly attached
2

n a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack

Type of:
detachment
a small unit of troops of special composition

n a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

Synonyms:
lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch
Type of:
security guard, watcher, watchman
a guard who keeps watch

n a vehicle performing sentinel duty

Types:
picket boat
a boat serving as a picket
picket ship
a ship serving as a picket
Type of:
military vehicle
vehicle used by the armed forces

n a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work

Type of:
demonstrator, protester
someone who participates in a public display of group feeling

v serve as pickets or post pickets

“picket a business to protest the layoffs”
Type of:
demonstrate, march
march in protest; take part in a demonstration
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