picket

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpɪkɪt/

Verb

intransitive transitive obsolete

(intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment. / (transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.

Japanese Meaning

労働組合などが主導する抗議行動を行う（対象となる施設の前などでデモ行進をする） / 杭やとがった支柱などで囲む、または補強する

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Workers will picket the factory gates until management agrees to negotiate.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

従業員は経営陣が交渉に応じるまで工場の門前で抗議行動を続ける。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.

Sense（3）

(transitive) To tether to, or as if to, a picket.

to picket a horse

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Sense（4）

(transitive) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.

Sense（5）

(obsolete, transitive) To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

pickets

（ present singular third-person ）

picketing

（ participle present ）

picketed

（ participle past ）

picketed

（ past ）

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