PICKET
Scrabble letter values: P3I1C3K5E1T1 = 14
Definition
- verb serve as pickets or post pickets.
- verb fasten with a picket.
- noun a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event. — synonyms: lookout, lookout_man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout
- noun a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack.
- noun a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work.
- noun a vehicle performing sentinel duty.
- noun a wooden strip forming part of a fence. — synonyms: pale
- 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. — synonyms: piquet
Examples
- “picket a business to protest the layoffs”
- “picket the goat”
- “a picket fence”