Definition of pickets

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  • pickets is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
  • pickets is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
  • pickets is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of pickets

  • a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. lookout
    2. lookout man
    3. scout
    4. sentinel
    5. sentry
    6. spotter
    7. watch
  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. piquet
  • a wooden strip forming part of a fence (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. pale
  • a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack (noun)
  • a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work (noun)
  • a vehicle performing sentinel duty (noun)
  • fasten with a picket (verb)

    Examples

    1. picket the goat
  • serve as pickets or post pickets (verb)

    Examples

    1. picket a business to protest the layoffs

See definition of pickets in Merriam Webster