picketpicket2 verb 
Protesters are still picketing outside the White House gates. a group of picketing miners2[transitive] to place soldiers around or near a place as guards—picketing noun [uncountable]: The new law will still allow peaceful picketing.
VERB TABLE
picket
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | picket |
| he, she, it | pickets | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | picketed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have picketed |
| he, she, it | has picketed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had picketed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will picket |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have picketed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am picketing |
| he, she, it | is picketing | |
| you, we, they | are picketing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was picketing |
| you, we, they | were picketing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been picketing |
| he, she, it | has been picketing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been picketing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be picketing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been picketing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- More than 1,200 teachers picketed that day.
- Union members have picketed the department store since it opened.
- Black demonstrators picketed the court throughout the trial, alleging that the prosecution of the youths was tantamount to a judicial lynching.
- Even so, the unions' power to strike and picket remained substantial.
- His own firm had been picketed for the last five months in a dispute over the use of new technology.
- In a phone message to a friend, Siegel also threatened to picket the home of a prominent gay philanthropist.
- Publishers were afraid of feminists picketing the bookstores.
- So are all the guys planning to picket the museum today.
- The opening of the penal unit inspired protests and picketing by neighbors in the surrounding neighborhood.
WORD SETS
adjutant, nounarmoured, adjectivebarracks, nounbasic training, nounbatman, nounbattalion, nounbearskin, nounbillet, nounbillet, verbbombardier, nounbooty, nounbrigade, nounbrigadier, nounbrigadier-general, nouncadet, nouncanteen, nouncantonment, nouncapture, verbcavalry, nouncavalryman, nouncenturion, nouncharger, nounchevron, nounCol., colonel, nouncommand, nouncommando, nouncommissary, nouncompany, nouncontingent, nouncorps, noundesert, verbdeserter, noundesertion, noundetachment, noundetail, noundisengage, verbdishonourable discharge, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectivedog tag, noundraft, verbdragoon, noundrill, noundrill, verbdugout, nounencampment, nounexpeditionary force, nounfield marshal, nounfiring squad, nounfive star general, nounflank, nounfoot locker, nounforay, nounfour-star general, nounfusilier, noungarrison, noungarrison, verbGen., general, noungeneralship, nounGI, noungrenadier, nounground forces, noungrunt, nounguardsman, noungunner, nounhussar, nouninduct, verbinductee, nouninfantry, nouninfantryman, nounirregular, nounlance corporal, nounlegion, nounlegionary, nounlegionnaire, nounLieut, loot, nounLt., man-at-arms, nounmatériel, nounMC, nounmedic, nounmercenary, nounmess hall, nounMIA, nounM.O., nounmobilize, verbmotorized, adjectivemounted, adjectivemusketeer, nounmuster, nounnon-commissioned officer, nounobstacle course, nounparade, verbparade ground, nounparatrooper, nounparatroops, nounpennon, nounpicket, nounpicket, verbpip, nounplatoon, nounpoint man, nounposition, nounprivate, nounprivate soldier, nounPte, redcoat, nounregiment, nounregular, nounreservist, nounreveille, nounroute march, nounsapper, nounsarge, nounsignalman, nounsoldier, nounsoldiering, nounsoldierly, adjectivesoldier of fortune, nounsoldiery, nounsortie, nounsortie, verbspecial forces, nounsquad, nounsquaddy, nounstaff sergeant, nounstandard-bearer, nounstormtrooper, nounsubaltern, nounTerritorial Army, the, trench, nountroop, nountrooper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Very few workers were willing to cross the picket line.
1[intransitive, transitive] to stand or march in front of a shop, factory, government building etc to protest about something or to stop people from going in during a strike: Very few workers were willing to cross the picket line. Protesters are still picketing outside the White House gates. a group of picketing miners2[transitive] to place soldiers around or near a place as guards—picketing noun [uncountable]: The new law will still allow peaceful picketing.