Pickets

noun verb

A stake driven into the ground.

Definition

  1. (noun) A stake driven into the ground. “a picket fence”
  2. (noun) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
  3. (noun) A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
  4. (noun) One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.
  5. (noun) (sometimes figurative) A sentry.
  6. (noun) A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself. “Pickets normally endeavor to be non-violent.”
  7. (noun) The card game piquet.
  8. (verb) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
  9. (verb) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
  10. (verb) To tether to, or as if to, a picket. “to picket a horse”
  11. (verb) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
  12. (verb) To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

Word stats

  • Pickets contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
  • It uses 7 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 15.

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What does Pickets mean?

A stake driven into the ground.

What are the anagrams of Pickets?

Valid anagrams: skeptic.

How many letters are in Pickets?

Pickets has 7 letters.

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