picket

n. patrol of strikers; watch, escort; guardian, keeper; pointed peg, spike

v. strike, protest, participate in a picket line; guard, watch over; fence in, enclose

Picket may refer to:Picket (climbing), a metal rod used for mountaineeringPicket (military), an advance group for a larger military body.Picket, a vertical plank of a picket fencePicket, the act of picketingWilson Pickett, an American singerBobby 'Boris' Pickett, an American singer
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Noun
1. a person employed to watch for something to happen
(synonym) lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout
(hypernym) watchman, watcher, security guard
2. a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
(hypernym) detachment
3. a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
(hypernym) demonstrator, protester
4. a vehicle performing sentinel duty
(hypernym) military vehicle
(hyponym) picket boat
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
5. a wooden strip forming part of a fence
(synonym) pale
(hypernym) strip
(part-holonym) picket fence, paling
Verb
1. serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the lay-offs"
(hypernym) demonstrate, march
2. fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(derivation) pale

v. peck, strike with a beak or pointed tool, dig

n. piquet