Noun: pickle pi-kul
- Vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
"He added sliced dill pickles to his hamburger"
- [informal] A problematic situation or predicament
"he got into a terrible pickle";
- fix [informal], hole [informal], jam [informal], mess [informal], muddle [informal], kettle of fish [informal], difficulty
Derived forms: pickles, pickling, pickled
Type of: difficultness, difficulty, keep, preserve, relish
Encyclopedia: Pickle, Missouri