pickles

See also: Pickles

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪkəlz/
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Noun

pickles

  1. plural of pickle

Noun

pickles (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Nonsense; folly.
    Synonyms: gammon, gammon and pickles, tripe, tripe and onions

References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Verb

pickles

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pickle

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English pickles, itself from Middle Dutch pekel (“brine”).

Pronunciation
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Noun

pickles m (uncountable)

  1. (Belgium) piccalilli

Synonyms

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pi.kœls/
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Noun

pickles m (uncountable)

  1. pickle (pickled vegetable)

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pickles.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpi.klis/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpi.kliʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpi.kles/

Noun

pickles m (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of picles

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pickles.

Noun

pickles m pl (plural only)

  1. pickles
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