Pickle

[Pic·kle]

A pickle is a food that's made by soaking vegetables in brine or vinegar. If you are wondering what that crunchy green wedge beside your sandwich is, it just may be a pickle.

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See Picle.

Noun
vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar

Noun
informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

Verb
preserve in a pickling liquid

n.
See Picle.

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

v. t.
Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc.

v. t.
Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar.

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.

v. t.
A troublesome child; as, a little pickle.

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

v. t.
To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.

Pickle

Pic"kle , n. [Obs.] See Picle.

Pickle

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.

Pickle

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.

See Picle.

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

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

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Hunger is the best pickle.

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