āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Pickle
01
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻļāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°
a vegetable, usually a small cucumber, that is preserved in salt water or vinegar
Dialect
American
American
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
When I tasted the pickles, I was pleasantly surprised by the perfect balance of sourness and spices.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāĻ¸āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻ, āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž
a challenging or troublesome predicament
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She 's in quite a pickle, trying to juggle her job and caring for a sick relative.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
to pickle
01
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to preserve or flavor food by soaking it in a vinegar or salt water solution
Transitive: to pickle food
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He pickles radishes in a brine of salt and water for a crunchy topping.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
