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Meaning of word picket from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

picket noun

Meaning : A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.

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

Meaning : A detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack.

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

Meaning : A vehicle performing sentinel duty.

Meaning : A wooden strip forming part of a fence.

Synonyms : pale

Meaning : 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

picket verb

Meaning : Serve as pickets or post pickets.

Example : Picket a business to protest the layoffs.

Meaning : Fasten with a picket.

Example : Picket the goat.

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