picket line

noun

1

: a position held by a line of military pickets

2

: a line of people picketing a business, organization, or institution

Examples of picket line in a Sentence

She joined her coworkers on the picket line.

Recent Examples on the Web

From Valdez’s early days on the picket lines in the 1960s with Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta his theater group El Teatro Campensino (the Workers' Theater) challenged the narrative that farmworkers were foreign laborers rather than indigenous peoples working their ancestors' land. —David Alvarado, Time, 15 Dec. 2025

El Cerrito Mayor Carolyn Wysinger also visited the picket line at El Cerrito High School on Thursday morning, and students and parents have joined the strike across the school district’s dozens of campuses. —Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025

Here's what to know about the Red Cup Day strike and why some baristas are on the picket line. —Greta Cross, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025

Just in the last week, nurses in California and Michigan have hit the picket lines. —Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for picket line

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Kids Definition

picket line

noun

1

: a position held by a line of military pickets

2

: a line of individuals (as striking workers or protestors) who are demonstrating against a business, organization, or institution

Legal Definition

picket line

noun

: a line of people picketing a business, institution, or organization