(pik′əl) noun
1. A preserving, flavoring liquid, as brine or vinegar, sometimes spiced, for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.
2. One of certain objects preserved or flavored in pickle, as a cucumber or onion.
3. Diluted acid used in cleaning metal castings, etc.
4. Colloq. An embarrassing condition or position.
5. Colloq. A mischievous child.
—v.t. ·led, ·ling
1. To preserve with brine or vinegar.
2. To immerse in diluted acid, as castings, for cleansing. [Appar. <MDu. pekel, peeckel; ult. origin uncertain]

(pik′əl) noun Scot.
A grain of corn; a small quantity.