picket meaning and definition

PICKET noun

Definition of picket (noun)

1. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
   • synonyms: lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch
2. a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
3. a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
4. a vehicle performing sentinel duty
5. a wooden strip forming part of a fence
   • synonyms: pale
6. 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
   • synonyms: piquet

PICKET verb

Definition of picket (verb)

1. serve as pickets or post pickets
   • "picket a business to protest the layoffs"
2. fasten with a picket
   • "picket the goat"