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Picket
see synonyms of picketNoun
1. lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
2. picket
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
3. picket
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
4. picket
a vehicle performing sentinel duty
6. picket, piquet
a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
Verb
7. picket
serve as pickets or post pickets
Example Sentences:'picket a business to protest the layoffs'
8. picket
fasten with a picket
Example Sentences:'picket the goat'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Picket
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Picket
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Picket
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