picket
To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employmentTo protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
» Tom didn't want to cross the picket line.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive)To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
(transitive)To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
(transitive)To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
to picket a horse
fasten with a picket
(transitive)To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
(obsolete, transitive)To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Examples
18 sentencesTom didn't want to cross the picket line.
I didn't want to cross the picket line.
I don't want to cross the picket line.
I doubt Tom has the courage to cross the picket line.
I doubt that Tom has the courage to cross the picket line.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).
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Forms
pickets, picketing, picketed, picketedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- the picket line
- cross the picket
- picket line