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Meaning
Noun
●
In American English, Australian English & Canadian English:
A
cucumber
preserved
in a
solution
, usually a
brine
or a
vinegar
syrup.
●
Any
vegetable
preserved
in
vinegar
and
consumed
as relish.
●
In British English:
A
sweet
,
vinegary
pickled
chutney
popular
in Britain.
●
The
brine
used for
preserving
food.
●
A
difficult situation
; peril.
●
A
mildly
mischievous
loved
one.
●
In Baseball & Games:
A rundown.
●
A children’s
game
with three
participants
that
emulates
a
baseball
rundown
●
A penis.
●
In Smoking:
A
pipe
for
smoking
methamphetamine.
●
In Genitalia:
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 colour.
●
In an
optical
landing
system, the
hand-held
controller
connected
to the
lens
, or
apparatus
on which the
lights
are mounted.
●
In Northern England English & Scottish English:
A
kernel
; a
grain
(of
salt
,
sugar
, etc.)
●
In Northern England English & Scottish English:
A small or
indefinite
quantity
or amount (of something);
a little
,
a bit
,
a few
. Usually in
partitive
construction
,
frequently
without "of"; a
single
grain
or
kernel
of
wheat
,
barley
,
oats
,
sand
or dust.
Verb
●
To
preserve
food (or sometimes other things) in a
salt
,
sugar
or
vinegar
solution.
●
To
remove
high-temperature
scale
and
oxidation
from
metal
with
heated
(often
sulphuric
)
industrial
acid.
●
In Programming & Genitalia:
To serialize.
●
To
pour
brine
over a person after
flogging
them, as a method of punishment.
●
In Northern England English & Scottish English:
To
eat
sparingly.
●
In Northern England English & Scottish English:
To pilfer.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
pickle
English
pikel
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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