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Definition of Pickle

1. Verb. Preserve in a pickling liquid. "The chefs pickle the vegetables"

2. Noun. Vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar.

3. Noun. Informal terms for a difficult situation. ; "He made a muddle of his marriage"

Definition of Pickle

1. n. See Picle.

2. n. A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine.

3. v. t. To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.

Definition of Pickle

1. Noun. A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup. ¹

2. Noun. (''Often in plural: pickles''), any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish. ¹

3. Noun. The brine used for preserving food. ¹

4. Noun. A difficult situation, peril. ¹

5. Noun. An affectionate term for a mildly mischievous loved one ¹

6. Noun. (baseball) A rundown. ¹

7. Noun. A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown ¹

8. Noun. (slang) A penis. ¹

9. Verb. To preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution. ¹

10. Verb. To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid. ¹

11. Verb. (programming) (context: in the Python programming language) To serialize. ¹

12. Noun. (Scotland) A kernel, grain ¹

13. Noun. (Scotland) A bit, small quantity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pickle

1. to preserve or flavor in a solution of brine or vinegar [v -LED, -LING, -LES]

Medical Definition of Pickle

1. 1. A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc, may be preserved or corned; brine. Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc. 2. Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar. 3. A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc, to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc, from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their colour. 4. A troublesome child; as, a little pickle. To be in a pickle, to be in disagreeable position; to be in a condition of embarrassment, difficulty, or disorder. "How cam'st thou in this pickle?" . To put a rod in pickle, to prepare a particular reproof, punishment, or penalty for future application. Origin: Cf. D. Pekel. Probably a dim. Fr. Pick, alluding to the cleaning of the fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pickle

picketing pickets pickfest pickguard pickier pickies pickiest pickily pickin' and grinnin' pickiness

pickinesses picking and grinning picking up pickings pickle-herring pickle-herrings pickle barrel pickle relish pickleball pickled

pickled egg pickled eggs pickled herring pickled onion pickled onions pickled pine picklehead pickleheads

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