picket

n

1. stake, pale, paling, post; upright, stanchion, pile; peg, tether.

2. picketer, demonstrator, protestor, protestant, re-sister, objector, rebel, agitator, dissenter, dissident, marcher, Inf. sit-in.

3. forward observer, lookout, spotter, scout; sentinel, guard, sentry, vedette, watch, watchkeeper; patrol, patroller, patrolman; warder, watchman, night-watchman.

v

4. enclose, fence, fence in, pen or rail in, palisade, pale, hedge or wall in, bound, hem in, corral, box in.

5. tie, tie up, tether, secure, fasten, make fast, leash, string, attach, moor, anchor.

6. demonstrate, protest, do or go on picket duty, man the picket line, sit in, sit down, strike for or against, strike, walk out, go out; rebel, dissent, object, Inf. beef, Inf. kick, Inf. squawk; challenge, remonstrate, rally, march, demonstrate for or against, take a stand on, make a stand, stand up and be counted, mount the barricades or ramparts, don one's cockade hat; importune, pressure, bring pressure to bear upon, Inf. put up a squawk, cry out against, Inf. buck, Inf. buck the establishment, make waves.