Unscramble picket

Definition of picket

noun:

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event. Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch.
• a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack.
• a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work.
• a vehicle performing sentinel duty.
• a wooden strip forming part of a fence. Synonyms: pale.
• 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.

verb:

• serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the layoffs".
• fasten with a picket; "picket the goat".

Words nearby

packet, picker, pickett, pocket, pricket, ticket, wicket.

Rhymes with

cricket, pickett, thicket, ticket.