pickle, n. 1. cucumber pickle, cornichon, gherkin, dill pickle, dill, sweet pickle, sour pickle, bread-and-butter pickle, pickled watermelon rind; relish, piccalil
li, chili, chili sauce, chowchow, chutney.
2. brine, steep, marinade, sauce, soy sauce, vinegar.
3. Informal, predicament, Inf. jam, Inf. fix, scrape, SI. bind; tight or tough spot, Inf box, corner, cul-de-sac, hole; mess, pretty kettle of fish, fine how-do-you-do, SI. screw-up, pretty pass; dilemma, quandary, Archaic. hobble, straits, pinch; crisis, exigency, emergency; problem, trouble, plight, distress, difficulty.
4. in a pickle between Scylla and Charybdis, between a rock and a hard place, up the creek, on the horns of a dilemma, all at sea, up against the wall, with one's back to the wall, in the middle, up to one's armpits or neck.
-v. 5. marinade, steep, brine, corn; devil, curry, spice; preserve, conserve, can, put up; cure, kipper.
pickled, adj. 1. preserved, brined, marinaded, corned, cured, steeped or soaked in vinegar, salted, salted down, spiced, deviled, kippered, preserved, conserved; canned, put up.
2. Slang, drunk, inebriated, sodden, besotted, sotted, soused, SI. crocked, SI. crocked to the eyeballs, SI. potted, SI. stewed, SI. stewed to the gills, SI. canned, SI. ossified. See - drunk (defs. 1-3).
pick-me-up, n. Informal. 1. pick-up, refreshment, stimulation, enlivenment, invigoration, vivification, revival, Inf. shot in the arm, Inf. boost, Inf. lifesaver; stimulant, stimulus, stimulator, energizer, restorative, restorer, bracer, tonic, roborant, cordial; Inf. just what the doctor ordered.
2. alcohol, libation, drink, potation, spirits, Inf. eye-opener, Inf. hair of the dog that bit one; Inf. a quick one, nightcap, cocktail, highball, parting cup, Inf. one for the road; draft, quaff, bumper, nip, spot, tot, shot, Inf. a finger or two; sip, sup, Inf. swig, Inf. snort, Inf. jolt; swallow, Inf. slug, Inf. guzzle, Inf. gargle; dram, drop, a wee drop or nip, peg, tipple, cheering cup, the cup that cheers; All Euph. medicine, something to keep the chill off or keep the wind out, something good for what ails one; bull's milk, grape juice, the recipe; old faithful or old reliable, mother's milk,
pickpocket, n. thief, Fagin, Artful Dodger, petty criminal, SI. dip, SI. light-fingered Louie; purse snatch-er, cutpurse.
pickup, n. 1. rapid acceleration, speed-up, increase in speed or velocity, speed, power, response.
2. small truck, open truck, delivery truck, farm truck, quarter-ton truck, carrier.
3. Informal, chance meeting or encounter, casual date, flirtation, impromptu friendship, spur-of-the-moment alliance, informal introduction, SI. one-night stand.
4. Informal, improvement, change for the better, getting on the road to recovery, recovery, rally, Inf. comeback; mending, healing, perking up; advance, progress, making progress, making headway, gaining ground.
5. freight, load, shipment, cargo, haul, burden, charge, goods, stuff, truckload; passenger, rider, cus tomer, fare; hitchhiker.
6. See - pick-me-up.