Meaning of picket in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈpɪkɪt/

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  1. Verb

    picket

    Definitions

    1. serve as pickets or post pickets

    Examples

    • « picket a business to protest the lay-offs »
  2. 2. fasten with a picket

    Examples

    • « picket the goat »

    Derived terms

  3. Noun

    picket

    Etymology

    late 17th century (denoting a pointed stake, on which a soldier was required to stand on one foot as a military punishment): from French piquet‘pointed stake’, from piquer‘to prick’, from pic‘pike’

    Definitions

    1. a person employed to watch for something to happen

    Derived terms

  4. 2. a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
  5. 3. a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
  6. 4. a vehicle performing sentinel duty
  7. 5. a wooden strip forming part of a fence

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  • « My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers. »
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  • « It's all kind of a big illusion: the white picket fence and the perfect marriage and the kids. Check that box off, check that box off, and move forward. »
    Sarah McLachlan
  • « Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future. »
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  • « If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the Governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me, 90 cents. »
    Edward Koch
  • « I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me. »
    Noam Chomsky

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