Picket
31picket — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. post, pale, fence; sentry, guard, sentinel, patrol; striker, protester, goon. See warning, restraint, disobedience. v. enclose, bar, fence; tether, restrain. See circumscription. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 …
32picket — pick·et || pɪkɪt 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 …
33picket — noun 1》 a person or group of people standing outside a workplace trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike. 2》 (also picquet or piquet) a soldier or small body of troops sent out to watch for the enemy. 3》 [usu. as modifier] a… …
34picket — 1. Stake. Pine. Picket fence, pā pine. 2. Guard. Kia i …
35Picket fence — Picket Pick et, n. [F. piquet, properly dim. of pique spear, pike. See {Pike}, and cf. {Piquet}.] 1. A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.… …
36Picket guard — Picket Pick et, n. [F. piquet, properly dim. of pique spear, pike. See {Pike}, and cf. {Piquet}.] 1. A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.… …
37Picket line — Picket Pick et, n. [F. piquet, properly dim. of pique spear, pike. See {Pike}, and cf. {Piquet}.] 1. A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.… …
38Picket-fencing — is slang for the chopping effect sometimes heard by cell phone users at the edge of a cell s coverage area, or (more likely) by the landline user to whom the cellphone is connected. Picket fencing refers to the way portions of speech are stripped …
39picket line — picket .line n a group of people who stand outside a factory and try to prevent people from going in or coming out during a ↑strike on a picket line ▪ So far, there has been very little violence on the picket line. ▪ Very few workers were willing …
40picket line — picket lines N COUNT A picket line is a group of pickets outside a place of work. The miners are trying to get factory workers to join them on the picket line... No one tried to cross the picket lines …
