Definitions For Picket
noun
- 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
- A wooden strip forming part of a fence
- A vehicle performing sentinel duty
- A detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
- A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- A protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
- A stick or post that is pointed at the end so that it can be put into the ground
- A person or group of people who are standing or marching near a place to protest something
- A protest or strike involving pickets
verb
- Fasten with a picket
- Serve as pickets or post pickets
- To stand or march in a public place in order to protest something or to prevent other workers from going to work during a strike
- To guard (something, such as a road or camp) with a group of soldiers
Is Picket a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
16
The word Picket is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Picket in a Sentence
- A house surrounded by a white picket fence
- Pickets marched in front of the company headquarters.
- The strikers held picket signs painted with angry slogans.
- Workers picketed outside the grocery store.
- The union is picketing the factory.
Synonyms for Picket
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