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pickles

/ˈpɪkəlz/

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noun

A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.

Examples :

"A pickle goes well with a hamburger."

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(often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.

Examples :

"My sandwich came with a side of pickles. "

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The brine used for preserving food.

Examples :

"This tub is filled with the pickle that we will put the small cucumbers into."

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A difficult situation; peril.

Examples :

"The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off."

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A mildly mischievous loved one.

Examples :

"Even though my little brother sometimes gets into trouble, he's such a pickles that we can't stay mad at him for long. "

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Examples :

"Jones was caught in a pickle between second and third."

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A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown

Examples :

"The boys played pickle in the front yard for an hour."

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Examples :

"I saw a new student at school today, and he had a very large pickles. "

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A pipe for smoking methamphetamine.

Examples :

"Load some shards in that pickle."

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A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale, rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their colour.

Examples :

"The metal shop worker carefully placed the rusty iron parts into the pickles to remove the corrosion. "

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In an optical landing system, the hand-held controller connected to the lens, or apparatus on which the lights are mounted.

Examples :

"During carrier qualification, the Landing Signal Officer carefully adjusted the angle-of-attack using the pickles to guide the pilot to a safe landing. "

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verb

To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.

Examples :

"These cucumbers pickle very well."

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To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.

Examples :

"The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning."

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(in the Python programming language) To serialize.

Examples :

"To prepare the data for storage, the programmer pickled the student records. "

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To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.

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A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.)

Examples :

"The chef added a few pickles of sea salt to the sauce for extra flavor. "

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A small or indefinite quantity or amount (of something); a little, a bit, a few. Usually in partitive construction, frequently without "of"; a single grain or kernel of wheat, barley, oats, sand or dust.

Examples :

"I only had a few pickles of time to finish my homework before dinner. "

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verb

To eat sparingly.

Examples :

"She wasn't very hungry, so she just pickles at her salad during lunch. "

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Examples :

"He pickles office supplies when no one is looking. "