About The Word Pickle

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Pickle

Pickle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Pickle?
[n] vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
[n] informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [v] preserve in a pickling liquid; as of vegetables Synonyms | Synonyms for Pickle: fix | hole | jam | kettle of fish | mess | muddle Related Terms | Find terms related to Pickle: acid | acidulant | anhydrate | baffle | bafflement | bearings | bewilderment | bind | blast-freeze | booze up | boozify | bother | box | bread-and-butter pickle | brine | case | chokecherry | circumstance | clutch | complication | condition | confoundment | confusion | corn | corner | crab apple | crock | crunch | cure | dehydrate | desiccate | dilemma | dill pickle | discomposure | disconcert | disconcertedness | disconcertion | disconcertment | disturbance | dry | dry-cure | dry-salt | embalm | embarrassing position | embarrassment | enigma | estate | evaporate | fine how-do-you-do | fix | footing | freeze | freeze-dry | fuddle | fume | green apple | hell to pay | hobble | hole | hot water | how-do-you-do | imbroglio | irradiate | jam | jerk | kipper | lemon | lime | location | lot | marinade | marinate | mess | mix | modality | mode | morass | mummify | mystery | nonplus | overtake | parlous straits | pass | perplexity | perturbation | pinch | place | plaster | plight | pollute | position | posture | pother | predicament | preservatize | pretty pass | pretty pickle | pretty predicament | problem | puzzle | puzzlement | quagmire | quandary | quick-freeze | quicksand | rank | refrigerate | riddle | salt | scrape | season | situation | slough | smoke | smoke-cure | sour | sour balls | sour cream | sour grapes | sour pickle | sourdough | souse | spot | squeeze | standing | state | station | status | stew | sticky wicket | stone | strait | straits | stuff | swack | swamp | tight spot | tight squeeze | tightrope | tipsify | tricky spot | unassuredness | unholy mess | upset | verjuice | vinegar | yogurt See Also | caper | difficulty | dill pickle | dog's breakfast | dog's dinner | gherkin | keep | preserve | relish | sweet pickle Pickle In Webster's Dictionary \Pic"kle\, n. [Obs.]
See {Picle}.
\Pic"kle\, n. [Cf. D. pekel. Probably a dim. fr. {Pick}, v. t., alluding to the cleaning of the fish.] 1. (a) A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine. (b) 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. (Founding) 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 color. 4. A troublesome child; as, a little pickle. [Colloq.] {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?'' --Shak. {To put a rod in pickle}, to prepare a particular reproof, punishment, or penalty for future application. \Pic"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pickled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pickling}.] 1. To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers. 2. To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters. |
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