'Pickle' definitions:

Definition of 'pickle'

(from WordNet)
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" [syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish]
verb
Preserve in a pickling liquid

Definition of 'Pickle'

From: GCIDE
  • Pickle \Pic"kle\, n. [Obs.] See Picle. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Pickle'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A troublesome child; as, a little pickle. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Pickle'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'pickle'

From: GCIDE
  • Picle \Pi"cle\ ((p[i^]k"'l), n. [Prob. fr. pightel or pingle.] A small piece of land inclosed with a hedge; a close. [Obs.] [Written also pickle.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'pickle'

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