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pick·et
(pĭk′ĭt)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.
[French piquet, from Old French, from piquer, to prick; see pique.]
pick′et·er n.
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picket
(ˈpɪkɪt)n
1. (Building) a pointed stake, post, or peg that is driven into the ground to support a fence, provide a marker for surveying, etc
2. (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
4. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to post or serve as pickets at (a factory, embassy, etc): let's go and picket the shop.
5. (Military) to guard (a main body or place) by using or acting as a picket
6. (tr) to fasten (a horse or other animal) to a picket
7. (Building) (tr) to fence (an area, boundary, etc) with pickets
[C18: from French piquet, from Old French piquer to prick; see pike2]
ˈpicketer n
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pick•et
(ˈpɪk ɪt)n.
1. a post, stake, or peg that is driven into the ground for use in a fence, to fasten down a tent, etc.
2. a person stationed, as by a union, outside a factory, store, etc., to dissuade workers or customers from entering it during a strike.
3. a person engaged in any similar demonstration, as against a government's policies.
4. a soldier or detachment of soldiers placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance.
5. an aircraft or ship performing similar sentinel duty.
v.t. 6. to enclose within a picket fence or stockade, as for protection or imprisonment.
7. to fasten or tether to a picket.
8. to place pickets in front of or around (a factory, embassy, etc.), as during a strike or demonstration.
9.
v.i. a. to guard, as with pickets.
b. to station as a picket.
10. to stand or march as a picket.
pick′et•er, 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.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
picket
Past participle: picketed
Gerund: picketing
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| Noun | 1. |  picket - a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event |
| 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 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 | |
| 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" |
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picket
verb
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.
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picket
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Translations
مَفْرَزَة جُنود طَوارئنُظّار الإضْرابيَضَع الجُنود او المُضرِبين على المَدخَل
hlídkovatpostavit hlídkystávková hlídkastráž
gå strejkevagtholde vagtstrejkevagtvagtpost
pikett
mielenosoituspaalu
sztrájkõrsztrájkõrségen vansztrájkõrséget állít
hervörîursetja her-/verkfallsvörî umstanda verkfallsvörî viîverkfallsvörîur
eiti sargybą prieišstatyti piketą prieišstatyti sargybos postus priepiketaspiketuoti
izlikt sardzi/posteņuspiketētpiketspostenissardze
hliadkovaťpostaviť hliadkyštrajková hliadka
grev gözcülüğü yapmakgrev gözcüsüileri karakolileri karakola çıkmaknöbet tutmak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
picket
[ˈpɪkɪt] n
(= person) (in strike) → gréviste m/f participant à un piquet de grève
vt [+ workplace] → mettre un piquet de grève devantpicket fence n → palissade f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
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
picket
:picket boat
n (of port police) → Patrouillenboot nt
picket duty
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picket
(ˈpikit) noun1. (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.
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.
verb1. 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.
2. to act as a picket (at). In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.
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