picket

picket
I ['pɪkɪt]
nome
1) (in strike) (group of people) picchetto m.; (one person) picchettatore m. (-trice)

to be on a picket — fare picchettaggio

2) mil. (detachment) picchetto m.; (one soldier) sentinella f., soldato m. di guardia
3) (stake) picchetto m., piolo m.
II 1. ['pɪkɪt]
verbo transitivo
1) (to stop work) picchettare [factory, site]; (to protest) manifestare davanti a [meeting place, embassy]
2) (fence in) picchettare [land]
2.
verbo intransitivo fare picchettaggio
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['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.) picchetto
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.) picchetto
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.) picchettare
2) (to act as a picket (at): In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket; The soldiers picketed the camp.) picchettare
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picket /ˈpɪkɪt/
n.
1 picchetto; piolo; paletto
2 (mil., = picquet, piquet) picchetto; sentinella: to be on picket duty, essere di picchetto
3 picchetto (di scioperanti); (per estens.) picchettatore: three pickets were arrested by the police, tre picchettatori sono stati arrestati dalla polizia
4 [u]picketing, def. 2
● (mil., naut.) picket boat, vedetta; nave vedetta □ picket fence, palizzata □ picket line, cordone di scioperanti che formano picchetti.
(to) picket /ˈpɪkɪt/
A v. t.
1 chiudere (o fissare, proteggere) con picchetti; picchettare; recingere con uno steccato: to picket a tent, fissare una tenda con picchetti
2 legare (un cavallo) a un paletto
3 (mil.) mettere (soldati) di picchetto
4 picchettare (una fabbrica)
B v. i.
1 (mil.) essere di picchetto
2 (di scioperanti) formare picchetti.
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I ['pɪkɪt]
nome
1) (in strike) (group of people) picchetto m.; (one person) picchettatore m. (-trice)

to be on a picket — fare picchettaggio

2) mil. (detachment) picchetto m.; (one soldier) sentinella f., soldato m. di guardia
3) (stake) picchetto m., piolo m.
II 1. ['pɪkɪt]
verbo transitivo
1) (to stop work) picchettare [factory, site]; (to protest) manifestare davanti a [meeting place, embassy]
2) (fence in) picchettare [land]
2.
verbo intransitivo fare picchettaggio

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