picket

picket
'pikit
1. noun
1) ((any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc: The men set up a picket to stop lorries getting into the factory; (also adjective) a picket line.) piquete
2) (a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy: The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp; (also adjective) picket duty.) piquete

2. verb
1) (to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket: The strikers' leaders decided to picket the factory; The commander picketed the camp.) formar un piquete
2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) formar parte de un piquete
picket n piquete
picket
tr['pɪkɪt]
noun
1 (industril - group) piquete nombre masculino; (- individual) miembro de un piquete
2 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL piquete nombre masculino
3 (stick) estaca
transitive verb
1 (factory etc) formar un piquete frente a
intransitive verb
1 formar parte de un piquete
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
picket fence vallado
picket line piquete nombre masculino
picket ['pɪkət] v
: piquetear
picket n
1) stake: estaca f
2) striker: huelguista mf, integrante mf de un piquete
picket
n.
• estaca s.f.
• piquete (de huelga) s.m.
'pɪkət, 'pɪkɪt
I
noun
1)
a) (group) piquete m; (before n)

picket line — piquete m

b) (individual) miembro de un piquete
2) (stake) estaca f; (before n)

picket fence — cerca f, valla f


II
1.
transitive verb \<\<factory/workplace\>\> formar un piquete frente a, piquetear (esp AmL)

2.
vi tomar parte en un piquete, piquetear (esp AmL)
['pɪkɪt]
1. N
1) (=stake) estaca f
2) (=strikers) piquete m ; (Mil) (=sentry) piquete m ; (=group) pelotón m
2.
VT [+ factory] poner piquetes a la puerta de, piquetear (LAm)
3.
VI formar piquetes, piquetear (LAm)
4.
CPD

picket duty N —

to be on picket duty — estar de guardia

picket fence N — estacada f , cerca f

picket line N — piquete m

to cross a picket line — no hacer caso de un piquete

* * *
['pɪkət, 'pɪkɪt]
I
noun
1)
a) (group) piquete m; (before n)

picket line — piquete m

b) (individual) miembro de un piquete
2) (stake) estaca f; (before n)

picket fence — cerca f, valla f


II
1.
transitive verb \<\<factory/workplace\>\> formar un piquete frente a, piquetear (esp AmL)

2.
vi tomar parte en un piquete, piquetear (esp AmL)

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