Picketing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
The act of one who pickets (in any sense).
"picketings and demonstrations"
2
A picket fence. US
"The city is surrounded by picketings, and guarded by forts on the outside, and has since been very strongly fortified."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of picket form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

beef bitch boycott challenge complaint compunction

Example

"Protesters were picketing outside the company's headquarters."

Related phrases

common-site picketing common-situs picketing

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