1. vegetables or fruits preserved in vinegar or brine
Usage: plural form
2. difficult or troublesome situations
Usage: informal; plural form

1. preserves food in vinegar or brine
Usage: third person singular present

Examples

• She loves dill pickles on her hamburgers.
• The jar of pickles sat on the kitchen counter.
• We got into some real pickles during our camping trip.
• His financial troubles put him in quite a few pickles.
• My grandmother pickles cucumbers every summer.
• The restaurant pickles its own vegetables daily.
• These pickles are too salty for my taste.