picket1 nounpicket2 verb
picketpick‧et1 /ˈpɪkɪt/ noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINpicket1
Origin:
1600-1700 French piquet, from piquer ‘to prick’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Pro-choice supporters donate money to the clinic for each picket who shows up.
- Protesters staged a noisy picket in front of the hotel where the governor spoke.
- Frank laid out the picket signs on the sidewalk, but nobody wanted to pick them up.
- Her abrupt removal from the campus sparked student sit-ins and early morning pickets in front of the school.
- I learned how to untie the rope and would push my brother over this picket fence.
- On the picket lines themselves, the police made uncompromising use of the discretion available to them under public-order law.
- She was down at the scene of the picket.
- Things are quiet on the picket line on this Sunday afternoon.
- When he tapped the top of the picket, it creaked sideways and the chain popped loose.
- Who now remembers the second Clairol blowing from the picket fence?
WORD SETS
adjutant, nounarmoured, adjectivebarracks, nounbasic training, nounbatman, nounbattalion, nounbearskin, nounbillet, nounbillet, verbbombardier, nounbooty, nounbrigade, nounbrigadier, nounbrigadier-general, nouncadet, nouncanteen, nouncantonment, nouncapture, verbcavalry, nouncavalryman, nouncenturion, nouncharger, nounchevron, nounCol., colonel, nouncommand, nouncommando, nouncommissary, nouncompany, nouncontingent, nouncorps, noundesert, verbdeserter, noundesertion, noundetachment, noundetail, noundisengage, verbdishonourable discharge, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectivedog tag, noundraft, verbdragoon, noundrill, noundrill, verbdugout, nounencampment, nounexpeditionary force, nounfield marshal, nounfiring squad, nounfive star general, nounflank, nounfoot locker, nounforay, nounfour-star general, nounfusilier, noungarrison, noungarrison, verbGen., general, noungeneralship, nounGI, noungrenadier, nounground forces, noungrunt, nounguardsman, noungunner, nounhussar, nouninduct, verbinductee, nouninfantry, nouninfantryman, nounirregular, nounlance corporal, nounlegion, nounlegionary, nounlegionnaire, nounLieut, loot, nounLt., man-at-arms, nounmatériel, nounMC, nounmedic, nounmercenary, nounmess hall, nounMIA, nounM.O., nounmobilize, verbmotorized, adjectivemounted, adjectivemusketeer, nounmuster, nounnon-commissioned officer, nounobstacle course, nounparade, verbparade ground, nounparatrooper, nounparatroops, nounpennon, nounpicket, nounpicket, verbpip, nounplatoon, nounpoint man, nounposition, nounprivate, nounprivate soldier, nounPte, redcoat, nounregiment, nounregular, nounreservist, nounreveille, nounroute march, nounsapper, nounsarge, nounsignalman, nounsoldier, nounsoldiering, nounsoldierly, adjectivesoldier of fortune, nounsoldiery, nounsortie, nounsortie, verbspecial forces, nounsquad, nounsquaddy, nounstaff sergeant, nounstandard-bearer, nounstormtrooper, nounsubaltern, nounTerritorial Army, the, trench, nountroop, nountrooper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
There was a mass picket (=one involving a lot of people) by students outside the main office of the university. He’s on picket duty tonight.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Very few workers were willing to cross the picket line.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1 a)when a group of people stand or march in front of a shop, factory, government building etc to protest about something or to stop people from going in during a strike: There was a mass picket (=one involving a lot of people) by students outside the main office of the university. He’s on picket duty tonight. Very few workers were willing to cross the picket line.· However, on 18 June, a secretly organised mass picket caught the police momentarily off guard.· There was also a mass picket by supporters outside the Home Office.· Events at this picket were to shape the character of the next major mass picket of Hadfields on 12 March.· In Nottinghamshire and adjacent Warwickshire and Leicestershire, pits continued to operate, despite physical intimidation by mass pickets.· There will be no mass or flying pickets.· Further violent demonstrations by mass pickets led to £525,000 additional fines being imposed.
· Not to mention an artificial grass lawn on the hood and a white picket fence on the front bumper.· The cemetery was surrounded by a white picket fence, maybe seventy yards square.
NOUN· Who now remembers the second Clairol blowing from the picket fence?· I learned how to untie the rope and would push my brother over this picket fence.· Rickety grey picket fence, low gate ajar.· I mean there will be no wedding no babies no picket fences.· There was a picket fence, and a small gate.· The paint is bright, the picket fence in the front is in good shape.· In a flash, Creed was out of the jeep and creeping past foliage and tree-trunks towards the beginning of the picket fence.· Berry lives in a white frame home with a brown picket fence on the edge of Newville.
· Things are quiet on the picket line on this Sunday afternoon.· On the picket lines themselves, the police made uncompromising use of the discretion available to them under public-order law.· Only during the night... the picket lines being close together, the firing of the skirmishers caused frequent alarms.· The latter was happy to be walking the fairways of Sandwich instead of battling with strikers on the picket lines.· To this extent, at least, the picket line interfered with the enemy plans.· Children were knocked to the ground, screaming and crying as the guards broke through the picket line.· Nobody was going to keep him from crossing the picket line.
· Police tactics deployed during the strike included roadblocks designed to prevent miners from reaching picket lines.· Only during the night... the picket lines being close together, the firing of the skirmishers caused frequent alarms.· The latter was happy to be walking the fairways of Sandwich instead of battling with strikers on the picket lines.· They drive Ford Tauruses to the picket lines, as if they were normal middle-class people.· On the picket lines themselves, the police made uncompromising use of the discretion available to them under public-order law.· Fifteen hundred manual workers will have to decide whether to cross picket lines tomorrow morning.· Some petrol tanker drivers have refused to cross picket lines.· The best people, indeed the future Management of the Banks, were on the picket lines.
VERB· Fifteen hundred manual workers will have to decide whether to cross picket lines tomorrow morning.· Some petrol tanker drivers have refused to cross picket lines.· Nobody was going to keep him from crossing the picket line.· Differences of value-orientation may be manifested in contrasting levels of commitment and readiness to cross picket lines.
· Old men, for the first time, walking a picket.· Though they were walking the pickets he did not know them.
There was a mass picket (=one involving a lot of people) by students outside the main office of the university.picket of They organized a picket of the power station. b)a person or the group of people involved in a picket: The pickets persuaded some drivers not to enter the factory. → flying picket2a soldier or a group of soldiers with the special duty of guarding a military camp: He’s on picket duty tonight.picket1 nounpicket2 verb
picketpicket2 verb VERB TABLE
picket
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | picket |
| he, she, it | pickets | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | picketed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have picketed |
| he, she, it | has picketed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had picketed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will picket |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have picketed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am picketing |
| he, she, it | is picketing | |
| you, we, they | are picketing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was picketing |
| you, we, they | were picketing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been picketing |
| he, she, it | has been picketing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been picketing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be picketing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been picketing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- More than 1,200 teachers picketed that day.
- Union members have picketed the department store since it opened.
- Black demonstrators picketed the court throughout the trial, alleging that the prosecution of the youths was tantamount to a judicial lynching.
- Even so, the unions' power to strike and picket remained substantial.
- His own firm had been picketed for the last five months in a dispute over the use of new technology.
- In a phone message to a friend, Siegel also threatened to picket the home of a prominent gay philanthropist.
- Publishers were afraid of feminists picketing the bookstores.
- So are all the guys planning to picket the museum today.
- The opening of the penal unit inspired protests and picketing by neighbors in the surrounding neighborhood.
WORD SETS
adjutant, nounarmoured, adjectivebarracks, nounbasic training, nounbatman, nounbattalion, nounbearskin, nounbillet, nounbillet, verbbombardier, nounbooty, nounbrigade, nounbrigadier, nounbrigadier-general, nouncadet, nouncanteen, nouncantonment, nouncapture, verbcavalry, nouncavalryman, nouncenturion, nouncharger, nounchevron, nounCol., colonel, nouncommand, nouncommando, nouncommissary, nouncompany, nouncontingent, nouncorps, noundesert, verbdeserter, noundesertion, noundetachment, noundetail, noundisengage, verbdishonourable discharge, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectivedog tag, noundraft, verbdragoon, noundrill, noundrill, verbdugout, nounencampment, nounexpeditionary force, nounfield marshal, nounfiring squad, nounfive star general, nounflank, nounfoot locker, nounforay, nounfour-star general, nounfusilier, noungarrison, noungarrison, verbGen., general, noungeneralship, nounGI, noungrenadier, nounground forces, noungrunt, nounguardsman, noungunner, nounhussar, nouninduct, verbinductee, nouninfantry, nouninfantryman, nounirregular, nounlance corporal, nounlegion, nounlegionary, nounlegionnaire, nounLieut, loot, nounLt., man-at-arms, nounmatériel, nounMC, nounmedic, nounmercenary, nounmess hall, nounMIA, nounM.O., nounmobilize, verbmotorized, adjectivemounted, adjectivemusketeer, nounmuster, nounnon-commissioned officer, nounobstacle course, nounparade, verbparade ground, nounparatrooper, nounparatroops, nounpennon, nounpicket, nounpicket, verbpip, nounplatoon, nounpoint man, nounposition, nounprivate, nounprivate soldier, nounPte, redcoat, nounregiment, nounregular, nounreservist, nounreveille, nounroute march, nounsapper, nounsarge, nounsignalman, nounsoldier, nounsoldiering, nounsoldierly, adjectivesoldier of fortune, nounsoldiery, nounsortie, nounsortie, verbspecial forces, nounsquad, nounsquaddy, nounstaff sergeant, nounstandard-bearer, nounstormtrooper, nounsubaltern, nounTerritorial Army, the, trench, nountroop, nountrooper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Very few workers were willing to cross the picket line.
1[intransitive, transitive] to stand or march in front of a shop, factory, government building etc to protest about something or to stop people from going in during a strike: Very few workers were willing to cross the picket line. Protesters are still picketing outside the White House gates. a group of picketing miners2[transitive] to place soldiers around or near a place as guards—picketing noun [uncountable]: The new law will still allow peaceful picketing.