The meaning of PICKET is a pointed or sharpened stake, post, or pale. How to use picket in a sentence.

PICKET definition: a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc. See examples of picket used in a sentence.

The firm's annual general meeting was picketed by union members angry at the decision to cut jobs. The group has decided not to picket until after the talks.

When a group of people, usually trade union members, picket a place of work, they stand outside it in order to protest about something, to prevent people from going in, or to persuade the workers to join …

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 …

Definition of picket noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a person or group of people who stand outside the entrance to a building in order to protest about something, especially in order …

PICKET meaning: 1 : a stick or post that is pointed at the end so that it can be put into the ground; 2 : a person or group of people who are standing or marching near a place to protest something