pickle
noun
[ ˈpɪk(ə)l ]
• a relish consisting of vegetables or fruit preserved in vinegar or brine.
• "cheese and pickle"
• a difficult situation.
• "I am in a pickle"
Similar:
plight,
predicament,
mess,
difficulty,
trouble,
crisis,
dire/desperate straits,
ticklish/tricky situation,
problem,
quandary,
dilemma,
tight corner,
tight spot,
jam,
fix,
stew,
scrape,
bind,
hole,
hot water,
pretty/fine kettle of fish,
spot of bother,
• used as an affectionate form of address to a mischievous child.
• "‘All right, me pickle’, said Dad"
• an acid solution for cleaning metal objects.
pickle
verb
• preserve (food or other perishable items) in vinegar or brine.
• "fish pickled in brine"
• immerse (a metal object) in an acid or other chemical solution for cleaning.
• "the steel sheet is first pickled in acid to remove all oxides"
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a spicy sauce served with meat): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pekel, of unknown ultimate origin.
