pickle

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

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

A sweet, vinegary pickled chutney popular in Britain.

The brine used for preserving food.

(informal) A difficult situation; peril.

(endearing) A mildly mischievous loved one.

(baseball) A rundown.

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

(slang) A penis.

(slang) A pipe for smoking methamphetamine.

(metalworking) 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.

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