English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪk�l|-ɪk�l

Noun
en-noun

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

#: A pickle goes well with a hamburger.

1. Often in plural (pickles), any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
2. The brine used for preserving food.

#: This tub is filled with the pickle that we will put the small cucumbers into.

1. A difficult situation.

#: The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off.

1. slang A penis.
2. baseball A rundown.

#: Jones was caught in a pickle between second and third.

1. A children's game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown

#: The boys played pickle in the front yard for an hour.

1. An affectionate term for a loved one

#: Are you okay my pickle?

Translations
trans-top|cucumber preserved in brine or vinegar syrup
Czech: okurka nakláda�ka f
Finnish: maustekurkku, herkkukurkku, voileipäkurkku, suolakurkku, kurkku
French: cornichon m
German: Gurke f
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Spanish: pepinillo
Turkish: tur�u
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trans-top|any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish
Finnish: pikkelsi
Turkish: tur�u
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trans-top|brine used for preserving food
Finnish: liemi, etikkaliemi, suolaliemi
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trans-top|difficult situation
Finnish: liemi
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trans-top|penis
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trans-top|rundown
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trans-top|children's game
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trans-top|affectionate term for a loved one
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trans-top|Mugglecast's catchphrase
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trans-top|translations to be checked
ttbc|Arabic: �خ�� 1
ttbc|Dutch: augurk
ttbc|Hebrew: ��פפ�� ���ץ m
ttbc|Italian: sottaceto m, salamoia f
ttbc|Japanese: ���� (pikurusu)
ttbc|Neapolitan: cumpòsta
ttbc|Portuguese: picles
ttbc|Telugu: �ర�ాయ ప���డి (ooragaaya pacchaDi)
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Verb
en-verb|pickl|es

1. To preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.

#: We pickled the remainder of the crop.

1. To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated sulphuric acid.

#: The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning.

Translations
trans-top|To preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution
Finnish: suolata, säilöä
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trans-top|To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated sulphuric acid
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Alternative spellings
pickel

Related terms
pickling
in a pickle

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• 2008-01-01 20:53 - DCDuring - /* Verb */ es

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