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pickets
 
Noun picket has 5 senses
  1. lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket - a person employed to watch for something to happen
    --1 is a kind of watchman, watcher, security guard
  2. picket - a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
    --2 is a kind of     detachment
  3. picket - a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
    --3 is a kind of     demonstrator, protester
    Derived form: verb picket1
  4. picket - a vehicle performing sentinel duty
    --4 is a kind of     military vehicle
    --4 has particulars: picket boat; picket ship
  5. picket, pale - a wooden strip forming part of a fence
    --5 is a kind of strip
    --5 is a part of picket fence, paling
    Derived form: verb picket2
Verb picket has 2 senses
  1. picket - serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the lay-offs"
    --1 is one way to     demonstrate, march
    Derived form: noun picket3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. picket - fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"
    --2 is one way to     fasten, fix, secure
    Derived form: noun picket5
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
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