picket

Pronunciation

• (US) (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈpɪkɪt/

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• Hyphenation: pick‧et

Noun

Singular picket

Plural pickets

1. (countable) A picket is a piece of stake that is driven into the ground.
2. (countable) A picket is a protester who stands outside a building during a strike.

Verb

Plain form picket

Third-person singular pickets

Past tense picketed

Past participle picketed

Present participle picketing

1. (intransitive) If people picket, they protest in front a building.