Pickles are vegetables or fruit, sometimes cut into pieces, which have been kept in vinegar or salt water for a long time so that they have a strong, sharp taste.

Pickle is a cold spicy sauce with pieces of vegetables and fruit in it.

When you pickle food, you keep it in vinegar or salt water so that it does not go bad and it develops a strong, sharp taste.

If you are in a pickle, you are in a difficult and awkward situation.