| noun | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event |
| noun | a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack |
| noun | a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work |
| noun | a vehicle performing sentinel duty |
| noun | a wooden strip forming part of a fence |
| noun | a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake |
| verb | serve as pickets or post pickets “picket a business to protest the layoffs” |
| verb | fasten with a picket “picket the goat” |
| look out | verb | be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful |
| watch | verb | be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful |
| spot | verb | catch sight of |
| picket | verb | serve as pickets or post pickets |
| picket | noun | a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work |