1
: preserved in or cured with pickle
pickled herring
2
: drunk sense 1a
gets thoroughly pickled before dinner—
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He got pickled at the office party.
I must have been rather pickled when I agreed to your stupid scheme.
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The event features food and drinks with pickled ingredients, as well as merchandise, entertainment and contests — like the Dill-cathlon games, which includes pickle eating, pickle bobbing and pickle juice drinking competitions.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 July 2025
The gourmet tapas menu hits all the classics—croquettes, gilda skewers (anchovies, olives, and hot peppers), partridge salad with escabeche (pickled onions and sweet peppers), Russian salad with anchovies—and the execution is solid.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Use this pickled relish to top pork chops, hotdogs, deviled eggs, or greens.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
But there’s North East Pickle Noodle ($15.99, pork, pickled cabbage, glass noodle).
—Michael Deeds
july 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 July 2025
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 July 2025
The gourmet tapas menu hits all the classics—croquettes, gilda skewers (anchovies, olives, and hot peppers), partridge salad with escabeche (pickled onions and sweet peppers), Russian salad with anchovies—and the execution is solid.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Use this pickled relish to top pork chops, hotdogs, deviled eggs, or greens.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
But there’s North East Pickle Noodle ($15.99, pork, pickled cabbage, glass noodle).
—Michael Deeds
july 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for pickled
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“Pickled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pickled. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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