Pickle - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpɪkl|
Brit.
|ˈpɪk(ə)l|
noun
- vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
- informal terms for a difficult situation (syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle)
- informal terms for a difficult situation (syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle)
verb
- preserve in a pickling liquid
Extra examples
I'm in no particular pickle at present.
That child is a little pickle.
I think you are pickling a rod for your own back.
I could see no way out of the pickle I was in. (R. L. Stevenson)
It was just such a pickle!
The rent they ask is a hundred and fifty, but that's all pickles!
Stop being a Pickle!
...my partner has the annoying habit of eating all the pickles and leaving a jar full of pickle juice in the refrigerator...
...“pickle” is an embracive term for any kind of food preserved in brine or vinegar...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: pickle
he/she/it: pickles
present participle: pickling
past tense: pickled
past participle: pickled
I/you/we/they: pickle
he/she/it: pickles
present participle: pickling
past tense: pickled
past participle: pickled
noun
singular: pickle
plural: pickles
singular: pickle
plural: pickles
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