Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picketing

/pˈɪkətɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: pick-et-ing
IPA: /pˈɪkətɪŋ/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of picket

noun

The act of one who pickets (in any sense).

noun

A picket fence.

American usage

Example Sentences

"picketings and demonstrations"
"The city is surrounded by picketings, and guarded by forts on the outside, and has since been very strongly fortified."
"The enemy, posted among the houses of the French inhabitants and the picketings of their gardens, were advanced upon gallantly by Majors Graves and Madison, and dislodged in the face of a heavy fire."
"He therefore strengthened that place as much as possible, with bags of flour and sand, which was so effectual that the picketings in that place sustained no material injury."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

picketting (alternative) picketings (plural)

Phrases

common-site picketing common-situs picketing

Rhymes With

ticketing

Questions

How do you pronounce picketing?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɪkətɪŋ/.
What does picketing mean?: present participle and gerund of picket

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