Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to picket
Participle: picketed
Gerund: picketing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | picket |
| you | picket |
| he;she;it | pickets |
| we | picket |
| you | picket |
| they | picket |
Perfect
| I | have picketed |
| you | have picketed |
| he;she;it | has picketed |
| we | have picketed |
| you | have picketed |
| they | have picketed |
Past
| I | picketed |
| you | picketed |
| he;she;it | picketed |
| we | picketed |
| you | picketed |
| they | picketed |
Pluperfect
| I | had picketed |
| you | had picketed |
| he;she;it | had picketed |
| we | had picketed |
| you | had picketed |
| they | had picketed |
Future
| I | will picket |
| you | will picket |
| he;she;it | will picket |
| we | will picket |
| you | will picket |
| they | will picket |
Future Perfect
| I | will have picketed |
| you | will have picketed |
| he;she;it | will have picketed |
| we | will have picketed |
| you | will have picketed |
| they | will have picketed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | picket |
| you | picket |
| he;she;it | picket |
| we | picket |
| you | picket |
| they | picket |
Perfect
| I | have picketed |
| you | have picketed |
| he;she;it | have picketed |
| we | have picketed |
| you | have picketed |
| they | have picketed |
Imperfect
| I | picketed |
| you | picketed |
| he;she;it | picketed |
| we | picketed |
| you | picketed |
| they | picketed |
Pluperfect
| I | had picketed |
| you | had picketed |
| he;she;it | had picketed |
| we | had picketed |
| you | had picketed |
| they | had picketed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would picket |
| you | would picket |
| he;she;it | would picket |
| we | would picket |
| you | would picket |
| they | would picket |
Perfect
| I | would have picketed |
| you | would have picketed |
| he;she;it | would have picketed |
| we | would have picketed |
| you | would have picketed |
| they | would have picketed |
Imperative
| you | picket |
| we | Let's picket |
| you | picket |
Verbs conjugated like 'picket'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'picket'
packet,
pocket,
ticket,
bicker,
bucket,
cricket,
dicker,
docket,
jacket,
mickey,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- strike
- blockade, boycott, protest, demonstrate, rally, march, challenge
- enclose
- fence, pale, corral, imprison, bound
Antonyms
- enclose
- open, expose, disclose, develop
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1690, "pointed stake (for defense against cavalry, etc.)," from Fr. piquet, from piquer "to pierce" (see pike (2)). Sense of "troops posted to watch for enemy" first recorded 1761; that of "striking workers stationed to prevent others from entering a factory" is from 1867. The verb in this sense also is from 1867.
2. From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).
Sample Sentences
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One of the most striking was the silver pin presented to all members of the National Women’s Party who served time for picketting the White House for women’s suffrage. [2003, Christopher Fowler, “Hop”, in Demonized: Short Stories, London: Serpent’s Tail, published 2004, →ISBN, page 168:]
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to picket a horse
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[T]he Moors kept a good Guard all Night, and did not unſaddle their Horſes, but picketted them before the Tent-Doors; […] [1729, [John] Braithwaite, The History of the Revolutions in the Empire of Morocco, upon the Death of the Late Emperor Muley Ishmael; […], London: […] J. Darby and T. Browne […], →OCLC, page 127:]
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[F]rom the outskirts of the fair, where are picketted the horses and the herds for sale, comes the tinkle of bells, a mule’s shrill scream, mingled with the music of a guitar or the rattle of castanets. [1876, Arthur Griffiths, “San Roque Fair”, in Lola: A Tale of the Rock. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 43:]