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Added 9 October 2026

picket

/ˈpɪkɪt/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about picket at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.
A detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack.
A protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work.

verb

Serve as pickets or post pickets.
picket a business to protest the layoffs
Fasten with a picket.
picket the goat

Origin

From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).

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