picket

1. (verb) fasten with a picket; "picket the goat
Related Words: fasten, fix, secure

2. (verb) serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the lay-offs"
Related Words: demonstrate, march

3. (noun) a wooden strip forming part of a fence
Synonyms: pale
Related Words: strip

4. (noun) a vehicle performing sentinel duty
Related Words: picket boat, picket ship, vehicle

5. (noun) a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
Related Words: detachment

6. (noun) a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
Related Words: demonstrator, protester

7. (noun) a person employed to watch for something to happen
Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, watch
Related Words: security guard, watcher, watchman



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