pickle

n 1: vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or

vinegar

2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a

terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: {fix},

{hole}, {jam}, {mess}, {muddle}, {kettle of fish}]

v : preserve in a pickling liquid; as of vegetables

nickle

/ni'kl/ ["nickel", common name for the US 5-cent coin] A

{nibble} : 1; 5 bits. Reported among developers for Mattel's

{GI 1600} (the {Intellivision} games processor), a chip with

16 bit-wide {RAM} but 10 bit-wide {ROM}. See also {deckle}.