Pickle

Definitions

1. A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.)
   Northern-England, Scotland
2. A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
   Australia, Canada, US, countable, uncountable
3. A surname.
4. A small or indefinite quantity or amount (of something); a little, a bit, a few. Usually in partitive construction, frequently without "of"; a single grain or kernel of wheat, barley, oats, sand or dust.
   Northern-England, Scotland
5. Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
   countable, in-plural, often, uncountable
6. A sweet, vinegary pickled chutney popular in Britain.
   UK, countable, uncountable
7. The brine used for preserving food.
   countable, uncountable
8. A difficult situation; peril.
   countable, informal, uncountable
9. A mildly mischievous loved one.
   countable, endearing, uncountable
10. A rundown.
    countable, uncountable
11. A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown
    uncountable
12. A penis.
    countable, slang, uncountable
13. A pipe for smoking methamphetamine.
    countable, slang, uncountable
14. 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.
    countable, uncountable
15. In an optical landing system, the hand-held controller connected to the lens, or apparatus on which the lights are mounted.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

42 more languages

العربيةالمخللطرشيمخلل

Bosanskikašelaklakepekelpekliквасквасити+ 4 more

Catalàcogombretconservaconservar

Češtinabryndakašelakpolízanicešlamastikašlamastykasvízel+ 4 more

Cymraegpiclen

Ελληνικάάλμηγάροςδιαβολάκιζιζάνιοπίκλατουρσί+ 3 more

Esperantopekli

فارسیآچارترشیخیارشور

Suomietikkakurkkuetikkaliemiherkkukurkkukurkkuliemimaustekurkkupeitatapikkelöidäpikkelssisäilöäsuolakurkkusuolaliemisuolata+ 10 more

Gàidhligsaill

עבריתמלפפון חמוץ

हिन्दीअचार

Hrvatskikašelaklakepekelpekliквасквасити+ 4 more

Magyarkovászos uborkapácsavanyítsavanyúság+ 1 more

Հայերենթթու

Bahasa Indonesiaacarpekasin

Italianobirichinocetriolinocetriolino sottacetocetriolocetriolo sottacetodecapaggiodiavolettoguaiopasticciopisellosalamoiasottaceti+ 9 more

日本語ピクルス塩水漬ける漬け物漬物酢漬け+ 3 more

ქართულიმწნილი

한국어간물절임피클

Kurdîaçaracarduakasepaçpêkel+ 3 more

Latinasalgama

Latviešuskābēt

Македонскизакиселувакорнишонрасолтуршија+ 1 more

Bahasa Melayuacarjeruk

မြန်မာကုလားတည်ချဉ်ဖတ်ချဉ်ဖတ်တည်ဆားစိမ်အချဉ်တည်အချဉ်ဖောက်+ 3 more

नेपालीअचार

Nederlands(ingemaakte) augurkinmakenpekelpekelenpicklespureeworstzoetje+ 5 more

Polskikisićkiszonkakwaszonkamarynataogórek kiszonyPikiel+ 3 more

Portuguêsacharconservadoconservarpicklepiclessalmourasalmourar+ 4 more

Românămoaremurămurătură

Русскийзасаливатьзасолитьква́ситьква́шеный огуре́цки́слый огуре́цкорнишонмариноватьрассолсолёный огуре́цсоленьесолить+ 8 more

Српскиkašelaklakepekelpekliквасквасити+ 4 more

Svenskaättiksgurkainlagdinläggninglaglägga insaltgurkasmörgåsgurka+ 4 more

Kiswahiliachali

தமிழ்ஊறுகாய்

తెలుగుపచ్చడి

ไทยดอง

Türkçekornişonturşu

Українськаквасквасити

اردواچار

Tiếng Việtdứadưa muối

Examples

“A pickle goes well with a hamburger.”

“This tub is filled with the pickle that we will put⟳ the small cucumbers into.”

“The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off.”

“I beg⟳ you, Miss⟳ Jones, to realize⟳ the pickle you're in.”

“by degrees my little pickle (who, as I told you at the beginning of the story, was the most troublesome child I ever came across) turned into a very well-behaved young gentleman.”

“... If you could get⟳ my little pickle to learn⟳ his multiplication table before you leave⟳ us, you shall have⟳ that musical box to take⟳ home with you.”

“'And now,' she said, 'what about that kiss my little pickle was going to give⟳ his old Auntie?'”

“Jones was caught in a pickle between second and third.”

“The boys played pickle in the front yard for an hour.”

“Load⟳ some shards in that pickle.”

“[…] ill things are like⟳ guid—they baith come⟳ bit by bit, a pickle at a time […]”

“I mind⟳ him well, and the burn we fished and the pickle things we took out, and your mother that played with us in her cutty sark, and not a shoe between us nor a bodle of money; but the green hills round us, and all we knew of the world that it lay⟳ beyond them.”

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