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pickle

/ˈpɪkəl/noun, verb2 syllables

Pickle means: informal terms for a difficult situation.

Synonyms for pickle21

noun, as in informal terms for a difficult situation

fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, kettle of fish

also used for pickle

ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cauldron, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird

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What does pickle mean?3

noun

1

informal terms for a difficult situation“he got into a terrible fix”

2

vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar

verb

1

preserve in a pickling liquid

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with pickle?5

two syllables

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Pickle in a sentence

  • Thousand island dressing can be made of mayonnaise, ketchup, and sweet pickle relish.Eccles17
  • After hours, the waitresses sit on the countertops, eat pickles, and share brownies.Eccles17
  • How did you get in such a pickle?Hybrid
  • Don't wave that pickle at me while you're talking!Eccles17
  • I'm in a bit of a financial pickle.Hybrid
  • I have a sandwich with a pretty big pickle in it.espamatics
  • Please show me how to pickle salted herring.sundown
  • I like to eat yellow rice with cucumber pickles.halucnation

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of pickle

as a noun

plural
pickles

as a verb

past tense
pickled
present participle
pickling
third-person singular
pickles
past participle
pickled