pickle

Nouns

  • (n) vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
  • (n) informal terms for a difficult situation
    • he got into a terrible fix
    • he made a muddle of his marriage
    fix, kettle of fish, jam, mess, muddle, hole,

Verbs

  • (v) preserve in a pickling liquid

Synonyms

fix kettle of fish jam mess muddle hole

Words of close approximity

picky
pickax picker picket pickup
pickle barrel pickled pickled herring picklepuss pickle relish