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Meaning of "picketing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PICKETING

picketing  [ˈpɪkɪtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICKETING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Picketing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PICKETING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Picket

Picket may refer to: ▪ Picketing, a form of protest ▪ A type of snow protection used by climbers as an anchor ▪ Picket fence ▪ Screw picket, a tethering device ▪ Picket line, to tether horses ▪ Picket, a small temporary military post closer to the enemy than the main formation ▪ Picket, a 16th and 17th century military punishment ▪ Picket a fairy chess piece, ▪ Picket Pool, a micro betting pool...

Definition of picketing in the English dictionary

The definition of picketing in the dictionary is the act of serving as pickets at.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PICKETING


bracketing
ˈbrækɪtɪŋ
cricketing
ˈkrɪkɪtɪŋ
dating
ˈdeɪtɪŋ
exciting
ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ
fighting
ˈfaɪtɪŋ
junketing
ˈdʒʌŋkɪtɪŋ
lighting
ˈlaɪtɪŋ
macromarketing
ˌmækrəʊˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ
marketing
ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ
micromarketing
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ
neuromarketing
ˈnjʊərəʊˌmɑːkɪtɪŋ
operating
ˈɒpəreɪtɪŋ
rating
ˈreɪtɪŋ
sitting
ˈsɪtɪŋ
spirketting
ˈspɜːkɪtɪŋ
telemarketing
ˈtɛlɪˌmɑːkɪtɪŋ
ticketing
ˈtɪkɪtɪŋ
visiting
ˈvɪzɪtɪŋ
waiting
ˈweɪtɪŋ
writing
ˈraɪtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICKETING

pickedness
pickeer
pickeerer
pickelhaube
picker
pickerel
pickerelweed
Pickering
pickery
picket
picket duty
picket fence
picket line
picketboat
picketer
Pickford
pickier
pickiest
pickily
pickin

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICKETING

accounting
annual general meeting
board meeting
budgeting
buffeting
carpeting
committee meeting
competing
direct marketing
e-marketing
fleeting
general meeting
greeting
meeting
riveting
sales meeting
sheeting
staff meeting
sweeting
targeting
viral marketing

Synonyms and antonyms of picketing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PICKETING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «picketing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of picketing

Translation of «picketing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PICKETING

Find out the translation of picketing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of picketing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «picketing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

纠察
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

piquetes
570 millions of speakers

English

picketing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धरना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاعتصام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пикетирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

piquetes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিকেটিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piquets de grève
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Piket
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufstellen von Streikposten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピケ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피켓 시위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Picketing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hàng rào cản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறியல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धरणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

picketing
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

picchettaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pikiety
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пікетування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pichetarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πικετοφορίες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stakings
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

demonstrationer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vakter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of picketing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICKETING»

The term «picketing» is regularly used and occupies the 100.382 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PICKETING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about picketing

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4 QUOTES WITH «PICKETING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word picketing.
1
Matt Bomer
Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that.
2
Tony Conrad
But picketing - picketing for or against something, and handing out literature - these are conspicuously formal actions. They have to be understood as indirect communication.
3
Mitch Hedberg
I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.
4
Ron Ziegler
I asked a couple of months ago if anyone would like to start picketing the gas stations.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICKETING»

Discover the use of picketing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to picketing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Employment and Labor Law
The NLRA also contains several provisions that deal with picketing. Section 8(b)( 4) out— laws secondary boycotts, and Section 8(b)(7) prohibits recognitional picketing in some situations. In NLRB v. Drivers, Chaufieurs, Helpers Local 639,”  ...
Patrick Cihon, James Castagnera, 2013
2
Texas Business Law
A strike for recognition of Union B, when the employer has already lawfully recognized Union A. Picketing. Picketing is intended to convey a message to the public. So long as picketing accomplishes this objective and no more, the picketers ...
Evans, Don Alan
3
Basic Labor and Employment Law for Paralegals
Area standards picketing is picketing for the purpose of advising the public that an employer pays its employees wages and benefits below the standards established by the picketing union in the geographic area by collective bargaining.
Clyde E. Craig, 2008
4
A Practical Companion to the Constitution: How the Supreme ...
PICKETING 349 COURT.* Instead, during ORAL ARGUMENT in an 1886 case, Chief justice Morrison R. Waite told the lawyers that they need not debate whether the Equal Protection Clause applies to corporations because, he said for his ...
Jethro Koller Lieberman, 1999
5
ABA Journal
Peaceful and Truthful Picketing and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution and be treated as an unlawful secondary boycott under the Labor Management Relations Act as amended. Fraudulent Picketing. If the conduct incident to even ...
6
International Labour Law Reports - 1
The reasons for the decisions were stated by Moulton L.J., 22 T.L.R. 3 27, 330 in these words: "in support of the plaintiffs' claim with regard to picketing, it must be shown that the defendants or one of them were guilty of a wrongful act, i.e. that ...
Zvi H. Bar-Niv, Peter Elmann, 1978
7
Labour Law in the USA
that the term 'picketing' does not require the presence of all of the characteristics of the normal form of that activity. Thus, physical presence near the entrance of an establishment accompanied by some effort to convey the labor organization's  ...
Alvin L. Goldman, Roberto L. Corrada, 2011
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Individual Rights and Liberties Under the U.S. Constitution: ...
Picketing a. In General [I358] Like so many other kinds of expression, picketing is “a mixture of conduct and communication.”963 “Picketing by an organized group is more than free speech, since it involves patrol of a particular locality and ...
Ioannis G. Dimitrakopoulos, 2007
9
Fundamental Liberties of a Free People: Religion, Speech, ...
As to the means used, Justice Brandeis said: "Exercising its police power, Wisconsin has declared that in a labor dispute peaceful picketing and truthful publicity are means legal for unions." The use of these means may have annoyed , or even ...
‎2002
10
Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, ...
In this case, the ordinance itself describes impermissible picketing not in terms of time, place, and manner, but in terms of subject matter. The regulation “thus slip[s ] from the neutrality of time, place, and circumstance into a concern about ...
Mark V. Tushnet, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICKETING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term picketing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jindal's response to protest threats - KNOE.com - Knoe.com
LAFAYETTE, La. (CBS) - In response to threats of protest and picketing at the funerals of the two people killed in Thursday's shooting, Governor ... «Bayoubuzz, Jul 15»
2
The Conservative assault on industrial relations
The Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, plans to introduce turnout and support thresholds for strikes; criminalise unlawful or intimidatory picketing; ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
3
91 unpaid doctors picket at CAGD
The 91 junior doctors who have not been paid for several months are this morning picketing at the premises of the Controller and Accountant ... «Starr 103.5 FM, Jul 15»
4
Four theater shooting victims still in hospital; police prepare to return …
... picket the funerals for murder victims, homosexuals and soldiers — began making social media posts about picketing in Lafayette, more than ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
5
Jindal Issues Order Preserving Peace at Theater Victims' Funerals
The order follows threats of picketing made by the controversial Westboro Baptist Church group. Two women were killed in the tragedy: Mayci ... «MyArkLaMiss, Jul 15»
6
Shutdown: BURS workers strike
... the parties involved have come up with picketing and strike rules that will apply to Botswana Public Employees Union (BOPEU) members. «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
7
Mayor of Northern Russian City Breaks Promise, Rejects Request …
On Paratroopers Day in 2013, an LGBT activist in St. Petersburg was attacked by paratroopers for picketing on Palace Square, where the State ... «The Moscow Times, Jul 15»
8
Jindal issues executive order for Lafayette shooting victim funerals
His action comes just one day after the Westboro Baptist Church planned on picketing the funerals. Thousands of Facebook users signed up to create a 'human ... «WBRZ, Jul 15»
9
Westboro BC to picket funerals for Lafayette victims
The church is known for picketing funerals of American service members and victims of mass shootings. Louisiana State Police said 59-year-old John Russell ... «WBRZ, Jul 15»
10
Buckcherry Rock the Studio for 'The Madness' Video
And while, the video is primarily studio footage, there are interspersed shots of demonstrations and picketing playing into the idea of “The ... «Loudwire, Jul 15»

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