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pick·et
(pĭk′ĭt)n.
1. A pointed stake often driven into the ground to support a fence, secure a tent, tether animals, mark points in surveying, or, when pointed at the top, serve as a defense.
2. A detachment of one or more troops, ships, or aircraft held in readiness or advanced to warn of an enemy's approach: "The outlying sonar picket ... was to detect, localize, and engage any submarine trying to close the convoy" (Tom Clancy).
3.
a. A person or group of persons stationed outside a place of employment, usually during a strike, to express grievance or protest and discourage entry by nonstriking employees or customers.
b. A person or group of persons present outside a building to protest.
v. pick·et·ed, pick·et·ing, pick·ets
v.tr.
1. To enclose, secure, tether, mark out, or fortify with pickets.
2.
a. To post as a picket.
b. To guard with a picket.
3. To post a picket or pickets during a strike or demonstration.
v.intr.
To act or serve as a picket.
[French piquet, from Old French, from piquer, to prick; see pique.]
pick′et·er n.
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picket
(ˈpɪkɪt)n
1. (Building) a pointed stake, post, or peg that is driven into the ground to support a fence, provide a marker for surveying, etc
2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) an individual or group that stands outside an establishment to make a protest, to dissuade or prevent employees or clients from entering, etc
3. (Military) Also: picquet a small detachment of troops or warships positioned towards the enemy to give early warning of attack
vb
4. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to post or serve as pickets at (a factory, embassy, etc): let's go and picket the shop.
5. (Military) to guard (a main body or place) by using or acting as a picket
6. (tr) to fasten (a horse or other animal) to a picket
7. (Building) (tr) to fence (an area, boundary, etc) with pickets
[C18: from French piquet, from Old French piquer to prick; see pike2]
ˈpicketer n
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pick•et
(ˈpɪk ɪt)n.
1. a post, stake, or peg that is driven into the ground for use in a fence, to fasten down a tent, etc.
2. a person stationed, as by a union, outside a factory, store, etc., to dissuade workers or customers from entering it during a strike.
3. a person engaged in any similar demonstration, as against a government's policies.
4. a soldier or detachment of soldiers placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance.
5. an aircraft or ship performing similar sentinel duty.
v.t. 6. to enclose within a picket fence or stockade, as for protection or imprisonment.
7. to fasten or tether to a picket.
8. to place pickets in front of or around (a factory, embassy, etc.), as during a strike or demonstration.
9.
v.i. a. to guard, as with pickets.
b. to station as a picket.
10. to stand or march as a picket.
pick′et•er, n.
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Picket
a small detached body of troops, 1761. See also detachment, detail.Examples: picket of cavalry and infantry, 1844; of soldiers; of the spirit host, 1866; of strikers.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
picket
Past participle: picketed
Gerund: picketing
| Imperative |
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| picket |
| picket |
| Present |
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| I picket |
| you picket |
| he/she/it pickets |
| we picket |
| you picket |
| they picket |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I picketed |
| you picketed |
| he/she/it picketed |
| we picketed |
| you picketed |
| they picketed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am picketing |
| you are picketing |
| he/she/it is picketing |
| we are picketing |
| you are picketing |
| they are picketing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have picketed |
| you have picketed |
| he/she/it has picketed |
| we have picketed |
| you have picketed |
| they have picketed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was picketing |
| you were picketing |
| he/she/it was picketing |
| we were picketing |
| you were picketing |
| they were picketing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had picketed |
| you had picketed |
| he/she/it had picketed |
| we had picketed |
| you had picketed |
| they had picketed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will picket |
| you will picket |
| he/she/it will picket |
| we will picket |
| you will picket |
| they will picket |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have picketed |
| you will have picketed |
| he/she/it will have picketed |
| we will have picketed |
| you will have picketed |
| they will have picketed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be picketing |
| you will be picketing |
| he/she/it will be picketing |
| we will be picketing |
| you will be picketing |
| they will be picketing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been picketing |
| you have been picketing |
| he/she/it has been picketing |
| we have been picketing |
| you have been picketing |
| they have been picketing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been picketing |
| you will have been picketing |
| he/she/it will have been picketing |
| we will have been picketing |
| you will have been picketing |
| they will have been picketing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been picketing |
| you had been picketing |
| he/she/it had been picketing |
| we had been picketing |
| you had been picketing |
| they had been picketing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would picket |
| you would picket |
| he/she/it would picket |
| we would picket |
| you would picket |
| they would picket |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have picketed |
| you would have picketed |
| he/she/it would have picketed |
| we would have picketed |
| you would have picketed |
| they would have picketed |
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Noun 1. [画像:picket - a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event]picket - a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
2. picket - a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
detachment - a small unit of troops of special composition
3. picket - a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
protester, demonstrator - someone who participates in a public display of group feeling
4. picket - a vehicle performing sentinel duty
military vehicle - vehicle used by the armed forces
picket boat - a boat serving as a picket
picket ship - a ship serving as a picket
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
5. picket - a wooden strip forming part of a fence
paling, picket fence - a fence made of upright pickets
strip - thin piece of wood or metal
6. picket - 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
Verb 1. picket - serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the layoffs"
demonstrate, march - march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"
2. picket - fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"
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picket
verb
noun
1. demonstration, strike, blockade Demonstrators have set up a twenty-four-hour picket.
2. protester, demonstrator, picketer, flying picket Ten hotels were damaged by pickets in the weekend strike.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
picket
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
مَفْرَزَة جُنود طَوارئنُظّار الإضْرابيَضَع الجُنود او المُضرِبين على المَدخَل
hlídkovatpostavit hlídkystávková hlídkastráž
gå strejkevagtholde vagtstrejkevagtvagtpost
pikett
mielenosoituspaalu
sztrájkõrsztrájkõrségen vansztrájkõrséget állít
hervörîursetja her-/verkfallsvörî umstanda verkfallsvörî viîverkfallsvörîur
eiti sargybą prieišstatyti piketą prieišstatyti sargybos postus priepiketaspiketuoti
izlikt sardzi/posteņuspiketētpiketspostenissardze
hliadkovaťpostaviť hliadkyštrajková hliadka
grev gözcülüğü yapmakgrev gözcüsüileri karakolileri karakola çıkmaknöbet tutmak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
picket
[ˈpɪkɪt] n
(= person) (in strike) → gréviste m/f participant à un piquet de grève
vt [+ workplace] → mettre un piquet de grève devantpicket fence n → palissade f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
picket
n
(of strikers) → Streikposten m; to mount a picket (at or on a gate) → (an or bei einem Tor) Streikposten aufstellen
(Mil) → Feldposten m, → Vorposten m
vt factory → Streikposten aufstellen vor (+dat); (demonstrators etc) → demonstrieren vor (+dat)
vi → Streikposten aufstellen ; he is picketing at the front entrance → er ist Streikposten am Vordereingang
picket
:picket boat
n (of port police) → Patrouillenboot nt
picket duty
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
picket
(ˈpikit) noun1. (any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc. The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; (also adjective) a picket line. staaktou نُظّار الإضْراب стачен пост piquete stávková hlídka der Streikposten, Streikposten-... strejkevagt ομάδα περιφρούρησης απεργίας piquete streigivalve پیشگام اعتصاب lakkovahti piquet de grève מִשמֶרֶת שוֹבתִים धरना देने वाला straža (osobito za štrajk, demonstrant sztrájkőr(ség) piket verkfallsvörður picchetto ピケ 피켓(대), 감시원 piketas pikets orang yg berpiket stakingspost streikevakt pikieta دشپاله تيره لرګي، په جنګۍ اصطلاح كښې هغه يو لښكرې يا ډلګې چې دڅار دپاره بهرته وليږل شې: څوكيدار، څارو، پيروال piquete pichet пикетчик štrajková hliadka stavkovna straža; stražen štrajkač strejkvakt[er] กลุ่มผู้นัดหยุดงาน grev gözcüsü 罷工時工會的糾察隊(員) пікет اسٹرائک کي وجہ سے کام سے روکنے والا nhóm người đứng gác không cho ai vào làm khi đình công 工人罢工时的工会纠察队(员)
2. a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy. The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; (also adjective) picket duty. bewaakpunt مَفْرَزَة جُنود طَوارئ пост piquete stráž die Feldwache, Feldwach-... vagtpost; vagt- περίπολος piquete valvesalk دیده بان vartio détachement מִשמָר टुकड़ी postaviti stražu őrszem piket hervörður picchetto 見張り兵 전초(대) sargyba, sargybos postas sardze; postenis piket piket vaktpost placówka, posterunek په جنګۍ اصطلاح كښې هغه يو لښكرې يا ډلګې چې دڅار دپاره بهرته وليږل شې piquete (soldat de) pază сторожевой отряд stráž; strážny predstraža; patrolen straža postering ทหารยาม ileri karakol 警戒哨 сторожова застава پہرہ دينے والا فوجي nhóm cảnh sát làm nhiệm vụ 警戒哨
verb1. to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket. The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp. bewaak يَضَع الجُنود او المُضرِبين على المَدخَل поставям постове fazer piquete postavit hlídky Streikposten aufstellen postere strejkevagter; opstille vagtposter εγκαθιστώ ομάδες περιφρούρησης ή περιπόλους, αποκλείω formar un piquete valvet välja panema کشیک گذاشتن sijoittaa lakkovahdiksi organiser un piquet/cordon de לְהָצִיב מִשמָר घेरा डालना, खूंटा गाड़ना stražiti (sztrájk)őrséget állít memasang piket setja her-/verkfallsvörð um picchettare 見張りを置く 전초병을 배치하다 išstatyti piketą/sargybos postus prie piketēt; izlikt sardzi/posteņus menempatkan laten posten, versterken met piketten gå streikevakt; sette opp vakt obstawić posterunkami, otoczyć pikietami څارل، اّس په موږى تړل، مهارول fazer piquete a picheta, a înconjura выставлять охранение postaviť hliadky postaviti stražo postaviti stražu sätta ut strejkvakter (en postering) จัดเวรยาม nöbet tutmak 配置哨兵於,設置糾察包圍 виставляти пікет پہرہ دينا chặn gác 配置哨兵于,设置纠察包围
2. to act as a picket (at). In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp. bewaak يَتَصَرَّف كَمَفْرَزَة جُنود او عُمّال مُضربين стоя на стачен пост fazer piquete hlídkovat Streikposten/Feldwache stehen gå strejkevagt; holde vagt απομακρύνω απεργοσπάστες, κάνω περιπολία formar parte de un piquete valves olema کشیک دادن olla lakkovahtina faire du piquetage לְהַצִיב מִשמֶרֶת שוֹבתִים धरना देना straža őrt áll; sztrájkőrségen van berpiket standa verkfallsvörð við picchettare 見張りをする 피켓을 배치하다 piketuoti, eiti sargybą prie piketēt berpiket posten, met piketten bewaken stå vakt pikietować, stać na warcie przy مهارول fazer piquete a se organiza în pichete пикетировать; охранять hliadkovať stražiti, patruljirati štrajkovati vara (gå) strejkvakt, bevaka การนัดหยุดงาน grev gözcülüğü yapmak; ileri karakola çıkmak 擔任糾察 пікетувати اسٹرائک کي وجہ سے کام سے روکنا gác 担任纠察
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