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. 1. 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.
   2. A person or group of persons present outside a building to protest.

v., -et·ed, -et·ing, -ets.

v.tr.

1. To enclose, secure, tether, mark out, or fortify with pickets.
2. 1. To post as a picket.
   2. 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.]

picketer pick'et·er n.

noun

A person or special body of persons assigned to provide protection or keep watch over, for example: guard, lookout, protector, sentinel, sentry, ward, watch. See awareness/unawareness, safety/danger.

n. 1. a small body of troops or a single soldier sent out to watch for the enemy.

2. a soldier or party of soldiers performing a particular duty: a picket of soldiers fired a volley over the coffin.

3. a pointed wooden stake driven into the ground, typically to form a fence or palisade or to tether a horse.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tøjrepæl, feltvagt, strejkevagt
v. tr. - udsætte vagter, fortøje, indhegne
v. intr. - være strejkevagt

idioms:

• picket fence    stakit
• picket line    feltvagtlinje

Nederlands (Dutch)
piket, post (staker), patrouille, wachtpost, posten (tijdens staking), omheinen, (dier) vastzetten

Français (French)
n. - piquet, gréviste, (Mil) détachement, factionnaire, pieu
v. tr. - installer un piquet de grève, clôturer, former un cordon de protestation devant, palissader (une terre)
v. intr. - organiser un piquet de grève

idioms:

• picket fence    palissade
• picket line    piquet de grève, cordon de protestation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Streikposten, Pfahl, Feldposten
v. - Streikposten aufstellen, Streikposten stehen

idioms:

• picket fence    Palisadenzaun
• picket line    Streikpostenkette

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πάσσαλος, παλούκι, στύλος, σκοπός/ομάδα περιφρούρησης απεργών ή διαδηλωτών με πλακάτ, προφυλακή, ομάδα διαμαρτυρίας, διαδηλωτές, στρατιωτική περίπολος αναγνώρισης
v. - τοποθετώ/περιφράσσω με πασσάλους, βάζω σκοπούς κατά τη διάρκεια απεργίας, (στρατ.) τοποθετώ φρουρά

idioms:

• picket fence    πασσαλοφράχτης
• picket line    γραμμή, σειρά απεργών/διαδηλωτών

Italiano (Italian)
picchetto

idioms:

• picket fence    palizzata
• picket line    cordone di scioperanti, picchetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - piquete (m), estaca (f)
v. - fazer piquete, cercar, vigiar, marcar com estaca

idioms:

• picket fence    cerca de estacas
• picket line    piquete

Русский (Russian)
кол, застава, пикет

idioms:

• picket fence    частокол
• picket line    забастовочный пикет

Español (Spanish)
n. - estaca, piquete, pelotón, huelguista, manifestante
v. tr. - cercar con estacas, estacar, guardar, poner de guardia
v. intr. - estar de vigilancia

idioms:

• picket fence    cerca de estacas
• picket line    piquete (de huelguistas, manifestantes, etc.)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (spetsig)påle, pinne, tjuderpåle, piket, postering, (strejk)vakt, demonstranter
v. - demonstrera, gå strejkvakt, tjudra

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
尖桩, 步哨, 用尖桩围起, 派...担任警戒哨, 把拴在尖桩上, 设警戒哨保卫, 护卫, 担任纠察

idioms:

• picket fence    栅栏
• picket line    哨兵线, 示威者的纠察线, 警戒线

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 尖樁, 步哨
v. tr. - 用尖樁圍起, 派...擔任警戒哨, 把拴在尖樁上, 設警戒哨保衛, 護衛
v. intr. - 擔任糾察

idioms:

• picket fence    柵欄
• picket line    哨兵線, 示威者的糾察線, 警戒線

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 끝이 뾰족한 말뚝, 경계병, 피켓
v. tr. - (말뚝) 울타리를 치다, 소초를 배치하다, (말 등을) 말뚝에 매다
v. intr. - 보초서 다, 소초 근무를 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小哨, ピケ, とがった杭, 杭刑, 杭, 監視員
v. - 小哨を配置する, 監視する, ピケを張る, 杭につなぐ, 杭刑に処する, 小哨になる, 監視役をする

idioms:

• picket fence    抗垣
• picket line    哨戒線, ピケ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وتد, مفرزة طوارئ, خفير, ناظر الإضطراب (فعل) يوتد, يطوق, يسيج, يحصن بأوتاد, يعقل الدابه, يضع خفير أو مفرزة طوارئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כלונס, מוט, יתד, שומר, זקיף, משמר, משמר-שובתים‬
v. tr. - ‮שמר, כלא‬
v. intr. - ‮הציב שומרים, גדר בכלונסאות, שבת‬

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