picket

²picket

verb

Definition of PICKET

transitive verb

1

: to enclose, fence, or fortify with pickets

2

a : to guard with a picket b : to post as a picket

3

: tether

4

a : to post pickets at b : to walk or stand in front of as a picket

intransitive verb

: to serve as a picket

— pick·et·er noun

Examples of PICKET

1. Workers picketed outside the grocery store.
2. The union is picketing the factory.

First Known Use of PICKET

1745

Rhymes with PICKET

cricket, ticket