picket ●●●●○
ESL CEFR | B2
pick‧et /ˈpɪkət, ˈpɪkɪt/ noun [countable]
picket verb
اعتصاب کردن
اعتصاب و جلوگیری از ورود سایرین به محل کار، نرده کشیدن، مراقبت کردن، بستن، افسار کردن (اسب)، جلو کسی راه رفتن یا ایستادن، پاسدار یا دژبان، کلنگ انفرادی هواپیما یا ناو دیده ور، ناو گشتی، نرده کشیدن، دستک، میخ چوبی، میخچه، چوب نوک تیز، چوب پرچین، کشیک، معماری: چوب پرچین، ورزش: صف سدکنندگان راه توپدار در شروع ضربه با پا، نظامی: دستک یا نرده، معماری: نرده کشی کردن، میخکوبی کردن
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Synonyms & Related Wordspicket[noun]Synonyms:- protester, demonstrator, picketer
- lookout, guard, patrol, sentinel, sentry, watch
- stake, pale, paling, post, stanchion, upright
[verb]Synonyms:- blockade, boycott, demonstrate
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English DictionaryI. pick‧et1 /ˈpɪkət, ˈpɪkɪt/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: French;
Origin: piquet, from piquer 'to prick']
1. a) when a group of people stand or march in front of a shop, factory, government building etc to protest about something or to stop people from going in during a
strike:
There was a mass picket (=one involving a lot of people) by students outside the main office of the university.picket of They organized a picket of the power station. b) a person or the group of people involved in a picket:
The pickets persuaded some drivers not to enter the factory. ⇒
flying picket2. a soldier or a group of soldiers with the special duty of guarding a military camp:
He’s on picket duty tonight. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. picket2 verb1. [intransitive and transitive] to stand or march in front of a shop, factory, government building etc to protest about something or to stop people from going in during a
strike:
Protesters are still picketing outside the White House gates. a group of picketing miners2. [transitive] to place soldiers around or near a place as guards
—picketing noun [uncountable]:
The new law will still allow peaceful picketing. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationspicket noun ADJ. mass | flying Flying pickets arrived from all over the country. VERB + PICKET organize They organized a mass picket of the governor's palace. PICKET + NOUN duty | line Abuse was hurled at workers who crossed the picket line. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲