Picket
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkɪt/
Picket (noun)
- a group of people standing outside a place to protest or persuade others not to enter.
- a pointed wooden or metal stick pushed into the ground to support a fence or tent.
Examples
- The picket gathered outside the factory gates.
- A picket formed to demand better wages.
Common collocations: join a picket, organize a picket, picket line, wooden picket, picket fence
Picket (verb)
- to stand outside a place to protest or persuade others not to enter.
Examples
- Workers decided to picket the company headquarters.
- They plan to picket until their demands are met.