Definition of pickle Pickle
/pɪˈkʌl/ - [pikul] - pick•le
We found 32 definitions of pickle from 9 different sources.
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What does pickle mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: pickles |
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| pickle - vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar | ||
| relish the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | ||
| gherkin small prickly cucumber | ||
| caper a playful leap or hop | ||
| dill pickle pickle preserved in brine or vinegar flavored with dill seed | ||
| pickle - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" | ||
| fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, kettle of fish | ||
| difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" | ||
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| pickle - preserve in a pickling liquid | ||
| preserve, keep prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" | ||
| cookery, cooking, preparation the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pickle (Noun)
A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup. - pickle (Noun)
Often in plural: pickles, any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish. - pickle (Noun)
The brine used for preserving food. - pickle (Noun)
A difficult situation, peril. - pickle (Noun)
An affectionate term for a mildly mischievous loved one . - pickle (Noun)
A rundown. - pickle (Noun)
A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown. - pickle (Noun)
A penis. - pickle (Noun)
A pipe for smoking methamphetamines. - pickle (Noun)
A kernel, grain. - pickle (Noun)
A bit, small quantity. - pickle (Verb)
To preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution. - pickle (Verb)
To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated often sulphuric industrial acid.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pickle (n.)
See Picle. - pickle (v. t.)
A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine. - pickle (v. t.)
Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc. - pickle (v. t.)
Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar. - pickle (v. t.)
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. - pickle (v. t.)
A troublesome child; as, a little pickle. - pickle (v. t.)
To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers. - pickle (v. t.)
To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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pickle
The male sexual organ for copulation and urination; the tubular portion of the male genitalia (excluding the scrotum). -
pickle
Vegetables preserved in brine or vinegar.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pickle
pik′l, n. a liquid of salt and water in which flesh and vegetables are preserved: vinegar, &c., in which articles of food are preserved: anything pickled: a disagreeable position: (coll.) a troublesome child.—v.t. to season or preserve with salt, vinegar, &c.—ns. Pick′le-herr′ing, a pickled herring: (obs.) a merry-andrew; Pick′le-worm, the larva of a pyralid moth.—Have a rod in pickle, to have a punishment ready. [M. E. pikil, prob. pick-le; Dut. pekel; Ger. pökel.] -
pickle
pik′l, n. (Scot.) a small quantity.—v.t. and v.i. to eat sparingly: to pilfer
Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡
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pickle
An acid solution for cleaning metal surfaces before electro-plating, galvanizing or other deposition of metal upon them.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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pickle
Water replete with saline particles, as brine-pickle for salt meat. The briny wave.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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pickle
An arch waggish fellow. In pickle, or in the pickling tub; in a salivation. There are rods in brine, or pickle, for him; a punishment awaits him, or is prepared for him. Pickle herring; the zany or merry andrew of a mountebank. See JACK PUDDING.
