The meaning of PICKET is a pointed or sharpened stake, post, or pale. How to use picket in a sentence.

PICKET definition: a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc. See examples of picket used in a sentence.

The firm's annual general meeting was picketed by union members angry at the decision to cut jobs. The group has decided not to picket until after the talks.

When a group of people, usually trade union members, picket a place of work, they stand outside it in order to protest about something, to prevent people from going in, or to persuade the workers to join …

The firm's annual general meeting was picketed by union members angry at the decision to cut jobs. The group has decided not to picket until after the talks.

3 days ago · The San Clemente City Council considered and approved a wide range of planning, infrastructure and policy items during its latest meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20, including amendments …

A detachment of one or more troops, ships, or aircraft held in readiness or advanced to warn of an enemy's approach: "The outlying sonar picket ... was to detect, localize, and engage any submarine …

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3 days ago · picket (third-person singular simple present pickets, present participle picketing or (rare) picketting, simple past and past participle picketed or (rare) picketted) (intransitive) To protest, …

Definition of picket noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a person or group of people who stand outside the entrance to a building in order to protest about something, especially in order …