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to pickle

to pickle

3 8.1
To turn something used in a program into data a computer can save or send
  • verb
  • /ˈpɪkəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : serializar
  • " It's pickled in formaldehyde.

Examples

  • I wanted to go there and eat maki, sip miso, and pickle vegetables.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • She taught me to bake and pickle, and we spent hours poring over pictures of elaborate meals and presentations.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I guess you can't pickle a pickle.

    Fight or Flight (2025)

  • I guess you can't pickle a pickle.

    Fight or Flight (2025)

  • Otherwise she might come home pickled.

    Solitary Man (2009)

  • Possessing an alcoholic's constitution, his nervous system could function despite being thoroughly pickled.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • "Never drink alcohol when you're pregnant," the books instructed, so I'd just drink Coke and watch Tippy pickle the twins.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Thelma, Daisy, and the two Josies taught her their ways of cooking, cleaning, and sewing; they taught her to can, pickle, and preserve; they taught her to do the women's jobs in the hog-killing.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • To save the object's state, you need to pickle it before sending it over the network.

  • The program can pickle complex data structures, making them easy to store and retrieve later.

Synonyms

to serialize
vsto pickle
  • Specialized
1 6.3

To change an object into a form that can be saved or sent and later put back

is specific to one programming language and outputs a raw byte stream

Idioms

in a pickle
  • Informal
7 8.3

In trouble and not sure what to do

pickle up one's ass
  • Offensive
9.9

To feel very irritated or upset about something small

to tickle someone's pickle
  • Slang
9.9

Make someone feel very happy and amused

Compounds

dill pickle
  • US
3 1.6

A cucumber that people keep in salt water or vinegar and flavor with dill

sweet pickle
2 2.7

A vegetable kept in sugar and vinegar that tastes sweet and sour

pickle relish
1 2.0

A sweet, chopped topping of cucumbers in vinegar used on burgers and hot dogs

bread and butter pickle
  • US
3.1

A sweet thin slice of cucumber kept in vinegar, sugar, and onion

pickle barrel
3.1

A large wooden barrel that holds cucumbers or vegetables in vinegar

Surface Forms

pickle infinitive
pickled past
pickled past participle
pickling present participle
pickles third person singular

Etymology

Pickle in computing is a modern use that borrows the food idea of preservation: programmers 'pickle' data to keep it for later. So to pickle an object is to turn it into a saved form you can store and restore, just like preserving food in 'brine'.