pickle

B2
Pronunciation
/ˈpɪkl̩/
Noun
13 definition(s)
1 Definition

A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.

Example Sentences
  • A pickle goes well with a hamburger.
2 Definition

(often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.

3 Definition

The brine used for preserving food.

Example Sentences
  • This tub is filled with the pickle that we will put the small cucumbers into.
4 Definition

A difficult situation; peril.

Example Sentences
  • The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off.
5 Definition

A mildly mischievous loved one.

6 Definition

A rundown.

Example Sentences
  • Jones was caught in a pickle between second and third.
7 Definition

A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown

Example Sentences
  • The boys played pickle in the front yard for an hour.
8 Definition

A penis.

9 Definition

A pipe for smoking methamphetamine.

Example Sentences
  • Load some shards in that pickle.
10 Definition

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.

11 Definition

In an optical landing system, the hand-held controller connected to the lens, or apparatus on which the lights are mounted.

12 Definition

A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.)

13 Definition

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.

Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.

Example Sentences
  • These cucumbers pickle very well.
2 Definition

To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.

Example Sentences
  • The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning.
3 Definition

(in the Python programming language) To serialize.

4 Definition

To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.

5 Definition

To eat sparingly.

6 Definition

To pilfer.