Pickle
noun
A cucumber preserved in vinegar or brine.
She ate a dill pickle straight from the jar.
Often appears as...
- dill pickle
- sweet pickle
noun
A difficult situation.
I am in a real pickle now, I lost my car keys.
Often appears as...
- in a pickle
- get into a pickle
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To preserve food in vinegar or brine.
She decided to pickle the rest of the cucumbers from her garden.
Often appears as...
- pickle cucumbers
- pickle onions
noun
Liquid used to preserve food, usually made from vinegar or brine.
She used the leftover pickle from the jar to make salad dressing.
Often appears as...
- pickle juice
- pickle jar
noun
A cucumber preserved in vinegar or brine.
She ate a dill pickle straight from the jar.
Often appears as...
- dill pickle
- sweet pickle
noun
A difficult situation.
I am in a real pickle now, I lost my car keys.
Often appears as...
- in a pickle
- get into a pickle
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To preserve food in vinegar or brine.
She decided to pickle the rest of the cucumbers from her garden.
Often appears as...
- pickle cucumbers
- pickle onions
noun
Liquid used to preserve food, usually made from vinegar or brine.
She used the leftover pickle from the jar to make salad dressing.
Often appears as...
- pickle juice
- pickle jar
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Food Variety
In addition to cucumbers, other vegetables can also be pickled, such as carrots or onions.
These pickled onions are a tangy addition to any salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Type of Pickles
'Dill' and 'sweet' are common types, differing in taste due to the pickling solution used.
Do you prefer sweet pickles or dill pickles on your sandwich?
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Preference
Preferences for pickle types can vary by region, like bread-and-butter pickles in the US.
You'll often find bread-and-butter pickles served at American BBQs.
Pro Tip 1/3Food Variety
In addition to cucumbers, other vegetables can also be pickled, such as carrots or onions.
These pickled onions are a tangy addition to any salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Type of Pickles
'Dill' and 'sweet' are common types, differing in taste due to the pickling solution used.
Do you prefer sweet pickles or dill pickles on your sandwich?
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Preference
Preferences for pickle types can vary by region, like bread-and-butter pickles in the US.
You'll often find bread-and-butter pickles served at American BBQs.
Pro Tip 1/3Food Variety
In addition to cucumbers, other vegetables can also be pickled, such as carrots or onions.
These pickled onions are a tangy addition to any salad.
Pro Tip 2/3Type of Pickles
'Dill' and 'sweet' are common types, differing in taste due to the pickling solution used.
Do you prefer sweet pickles or dill pickles on your sandwich?
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Preference
Preferences for pickle types can vary by region, like bread-and-butter pickles in the US.
You'll often find bread-and-butter pickles served at American BBQs.
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Crystal Rasmussen: A...
And I had so much extreme sex that I would find myself, years later, recalling all the times my consent had been breached because it's what I thought I deserved. Sidebar, to say that extreme sex, when practiced safely and consensually, can be some of the best sex. But as my grandma would have said, I was in a pickle.
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The science of macaroni...
The world we live in is made of things, billions and billions of different things, like pickles and pianos and dump trucks and octopi. And even though these things seem totally different, they're all made of the same stuff, just combined in different ways. To give you an idea of how this combining works,
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Can Science Create a...
knew could help the texture of the cucumbers and from an environmental point of view it would be less detrimental for what you did have to put out in waste then sodium chloride would be fortunately it was able to begin to work with mono a pickle company and they were willing to help us with doing some
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A taboo-free way to talk...
Another issue that periods brought in my life those of the social restrictions that are imposed upon our girls and women when they're on their periods. I think you all must be aware of it, but I'll still list it for the few who don't. I was not allowed to touch or eat pickles.
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Safari Live - Day 292 PIPE...
having that sinister evil laugh as it picks and breaks open the skin maybe that's how it's laughing I don't know it'd have to kind of think of a ox pickle off would it be deep and sinister would it be high-pitched and squeaky that would make it quite funny I'm not
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On spaghetti sauce -...
and talked about it and talked about it howard loves the yiddish expression to a worm in horseradish the world is horseradish this was his horseradish he was obsessed with it and finally he had a breakthrough vlasic pickles came to him
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Lessons from the longest...
which are now pickled in plastic buckets in a secure storage warehouse. This whole project has become unique -- so, no other country in the world is tracking generations of children in quite this detail.
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Advice from the world’s...
an organic pickle maker a fluffer in a strip club and okay a sustainable and sustainable goat herder a transgender ventriloquist certain professions are so freaky and marginal that they sound more
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A campaign for period...
that ask you not to pray, visit temples, cook, touch pickle and the list goes on and on, while you're just trying to bleed and be left in peace. But you know what the worst part is?
Video examples
Young Warthog Destroys...
of their passage but there's one long-term resident that really keeps everyone on their toes pickles is getting a tummy scratch
Video examples
Crystal Rasmussen: A...
And I had so much extreme sex that I would find myself, years later, recalling all the times my consent had been breached because it's what I thought I deserved. Sidebar, to say that extreme sex, when practiced safely and consensually, can be some of the best sex. But as my grandma would have said, I was in a pickle.
Video examples
The science of macaroni...
The world we live in is made of things, billions and billions of different things, like pickles and pianos and dump trucks and octopi. And even though these things seem totally different, they're all made of the same stuff, just combined in different ways. To give you an idea of how this combining works,
Video examples
Can Science Create a...
knew could help the texture of the cucumbers and from an environmental point of view it would be less detrimental for what you did have to put out in waste then sodium chloride would be fortunately it was able to begin to work with mono a pickle company and they were willing to help us with doing some
Video examples
A taboo-free way to talk...
Another issue that periods brought in my life those of the social restrictions that are imposed upon our girls and women when they're on their periods. I think you all must be aware of it, but I'll still list it for the few who don't. I was not allowed to touch or eat pickles.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 292 PIPE...
having that sinister evil laugh as it picks and breaks open the skin maybe that's how it's laughing I don't know it'd have to kind of think of a ox pickle off would it be deep and sinister would it be high-pitched and squeaky that would make it quite funny I'm not
Video examples
On spaghetti sauce -...
and talked about it and talked about it howard loves the yiddish expression to a worm in horseradish the world is horseradish this was his horseradish he was obsessed with it and finally he had a breakthrough vlasic pickles came to him
Video examples
Lessons from the longest...
which are now pickled in plastic buckets in a secure storage warehouse. This whole project has become unique -- so, no other country in the world is tracking generations of children in quite this detail.
Video examples
Advice from the world’s...
an organic pickle maker a fluffer in a strip club and okay a sustainable and sustainable goat herder a transgender ventriloquist certain professions are so freaky and marginal that they sound more
Video examples
A campaign for period...
that ask you not to pray, visit temples, cook, touch pickle and the list goes on and on, while you're just trying to bleed and be left in peace. But you know what the worst part is?
Video examples
Young Warthog Destroys...
of their passage but there's one long-term resident that really keeps everyone on their toes pickles is getting a tummy scratch
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Rachel Khoo
British Chef
I admit it, I do like pickled red onion. I made some the other day. You just slice up the onion, pull it apart and you get these petals and you make a pickling liquid, I make mine sweet and sour.
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Sidharth Malhotra
Indian Actor
As a kid, I remember my mother always experimenting with bizarre combinations of food such as gulab jamun and pickle! Surprisingly, many years down the line, I have adapted the same.
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Jeremy Grantham
British Businessman
You can't run the economy on BMWs alone. If the average person is in a pickle, how do you have a healthy economy?
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Gary Oldman
English Actor
I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman's lunch.
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Bruno Tonioli
Italian Dancer
I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house.
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Brian Posehn
American Actor
Turns out, there's not a lot of information about pickles on the Internet.
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Arlo Guthrie
American Musician
I don't want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorsickle.
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
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Wylie Dufresne
American Chef
The spirit of pickling is one of adventure and fun.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Hunger is the best pickle.
Quote examples
Rachel Khoo
British Chef
I admit it, I do like pickled red onion. I made some the other day. You just slice up the onion, pull it apart and you get these petals and you make a pickling liquid, I make mine sweet and sour.
Quote examples
Sidharth Malhotra
Indian Actor
As a kid, I remember my mother always experimenting with bizarre combinations of food such as gulab jamun and pickle! Surprisingly, many years down the line, I have adapted the same.
Quote examples
Jeremy Grantham
British Businessman
You can't run the economy on BMWs alone. If the average person is in a pickle, how do you have a healthy economy?
Quote examples
Gary Oldman
English Actor
I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman's lunch.
Quote examples
Bruno Tonioli
Italian Dancer
I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house.
Quote examples
Brian Posehn
American Actor
Turns out, there's not a lot of information about pickles on the Internet.
Quote examples
Arlo Guthrie
American Musician
I don't want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorsickle.
Quote examples
Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
Quote examples
Wylie Dufresne
American Chef
The spirit of pickling is one of adventure and fun.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Hunger is the best pickle.
Example 1 of 10
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