Synonyms

dill pickle

American

noun

a cucumber pickle flavored with dill.

dill pickle British

noun

a pickled cucumber flavoured with dill

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

dill pickles

plural

Etymology

Origin of dill pickle

First recorded in 1900–05

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dill pickle

Then I remembered a Green Goddess recipe I’d made years ago that called for a generous splash of dill pickle brine.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Q: When I spent a winter in Arizona, I learned from an older woman to eat a dill pickle every day.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

Dip these in French onion dip and top them with dill pickle seasoning to go full meta.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2023

Then you remember last Wednesday when you let your kindergartner have a dill pickle for breakfast because it was 8:35 a.m. and Why doesn’t anyone have shoes on?!

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023

I added hard-boiled eggs and apples and dill pickle slices.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

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