Picket | Mean of picket in English Dictionary
/ˈpɪkət/
- Noun
- a stick or post that is pointed at the end so that it can be put into the ground
- a house surrounded by a white picket fence
- a person or group of people who are standing or marching near a place to protest something
- Pickets marched in front of the company headquarters.
- The strikers held picket signs painted with angry slogans.
- a protest or strike involving pickets
- The students were barred from holding a picket outside the company's headquarters.
- a soldier or a group of soldiers whose duty is to guard something (such as a camp)
- Verb
- to stand or march in a public place in order to protest something or to prevent other workers from going to work during a strike
- Workers picketed outside the grocery store.
- The union is picketing the factory.
- to guard (something, such as a road or camp) with a group of soldiers
