PICKET
/ˈpɪkɪt/
14
Scrabble
16
WWF
P(3) I(1) C(3) K(5) E(1) T(1)
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Definition
/ˈpɪkɪt/
noun
- A stake driven into the ground.“a picket fence”
- A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
- A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
- 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.
- (sometimes figurative) A sentry.
verb
- To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
- To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
- To tether to, or as if to, a picket.“to picket a horse”
- To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
- To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: PICKET-S
