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picket

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noun

pick·​et ˈpi-kət How to pronounce picket (audio)
1
: a pointed or sharpened stake, post, or pale
2
a
: a detached body of soldiers serving to guard an army from surprise
b
: a detachment kept ready in camp for such duty
c
: sentry
3
a
: a person posted by a labor organization at a place of work affected by a strike
… dispossessed theatergoers shared the sidewalks with grim pickets yesterday as the stagehands' strike shut down most of Broadway's plays and musicals. Robert D. McFadden
also : a person posted for a demonstration or protest
In front of the White House pickets are marching … Lady Bird Johnson
b
: a protest or strike involving pickets
In such situations, the union often pickets the plant as well, but it is strictly an informational picket publicizing the nature of the controversy … Matthew A. Kelly

picket

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verb

picketed; picketing; pickets

transitive verb

1
: to enclose, fence, or fortify with pickets
2
a
: to guard with a picket
b
: to post as a picket
3
: tether
4
a
: to post pickets at
b
: to walk or stand in front of as a picket

intransitive verb

: to serve as a picket
picketer noun

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun a house surrounded by a white picket fence Pickets marched in front of the company headquarters. The strikers held picket signs painted with angry slogans. The students were barred from holding a picket outside the company's headquarters. Verb Workers picketed outside the grocery store. The union is picketing the factory. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Professors walked picket lines in 2000, 2004 and 2006. David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2022 Photos and video on social media showed picket lines going up outside many of the homes, with workers carrying signs and wearing the purple T-shirts of their union, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania. Michael Rubinkam, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022 Photos and video on social media showed picket lines going up outside many of the homes, with workers carrying signs and wearing the purple T-shirts of their union, SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania. CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022 What starts as seeing posts about the chain’s pumpkin spice lattes may now lead a user to videos of picket lines. Jo Constantz, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2022 Later in the day, picket lines will form outside major airports in Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Florida, Salt Lake City and Seattle. Rob Wile, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2022 In November 2020, Los Angeles outlawed the possession of laser pointers and laser-style devices during public demonstrations, rallies, protests or picket lines. Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022 At picket lines, Quinn shies away from the limelight — sporting a baseball cap and a button with the union’s logo pinned to his breast pocket — until the bullhorn is placed in his hand. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022 Nearly one in ten carried a wooden picket sign, all painted with cartoon characters. Jake S. Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
Verb
Columbus City School classrooms remain closed as city teachers continue to picket into what was supposed to be the start to the school year. Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022 The union said that all of Kaiser’s mental-health workers in Northern California, which include psychologists and social workers, would picket and rally every day outside the company’s locations in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento and elsewhere. Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2022 Employees at Commonwealth Avenue intend to picket until the company meets their demands to terminate their store manager, Tomi Chorlian, and hold monthly labor reviews to prevent understaffing. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2022 Delta announced its rebook offer two days before its pilots are scheduled to picket in seven major cities, including New York and Detroit. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 29 June 2022 Baristas at a Howell Mill Road Starbucks made their way to their coffee shop on Sunday not to work, but to picket. Lautaro Grinspan, ajc, 17 July 2022 American Airlines pilots picket outside Miami International Airport on March 23 as contract negotiations stretched into their third year, according to the Allied Pilots Association. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 22 June 2022 The union has plans to picket outside each of the district’s eight schools at 8 a.m. Monday, and members are preparing for the possibility of a long-term strike, Wender-Shubow said. Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2022 The spokesperson noted that pilots plan to picket — not strike — on a day they're not scheduled to work. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 27 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

French piquet, from Middle French, from piquer to prick — more at pike

First Known Use

Noun

1687, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1729, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of picket was in 1687

Phrases Containing picket

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