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pickle
1[ pik-uhl ]
/ ˈpɪk əl /
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noun
verb (used with object), pick·led, pick·ling.
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Origin of pickle
1First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English pikel, pikkel “spicy sauce or gravy,” from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pekel(e), peeckel “brine, pickle”
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Pickford, pick holes in, pickin, picking, pickings, pickle, pickleball, pickled, pickle juice, pickleworm, picklock
Other definitions for pickle (2 of 2)
pickle2
[ pik-uhl ]
/ ˈpɪk əl /
noun Scot. and North England.
a single grain or kernel, as of barley or corn.
a small amount; a little.
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British Dictionary definitions for pickle
pickle
/ (ˈpɪkəl) /
noun
verb (tr)
to preserve in a pickling liquid
to immerse (a metallic object) in a liquid, such as an acid, to remove surface scale
Derived forms of pickle
pickler, nounWord Origin for pickle
C14: perhaps from Middle Dutch pekel; related to German Pökel brine
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Other Idioms and Phrases with pickle
pickle
see in a fix (pickle).
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