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Noun: pickle  pi-kul
  1. Vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
    "He added sliced dill pickles to his hamburger"
     
  2. [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
Verb: pickle  pi-kul
  1. (cooking) preserve in a pickling liquid
    "They pickled cucumbers to make dill pickles"

Sounds like: picas, pickle

Derived forms: pickles, pickling, pickled

Type of: difficultness, difficulty, keep, preserve, relish

Encyclopedia: Pickle, Missouri