gherkin
/ˈɡəːkɪn
/noun
A small variety of cucumber, or a young green cucumber used for pickling: [mass noun]: pâté with sliced egg and gherkin...
- That was a thick baguette, holed out and stuffed with ham, cheese, gherkins, parsley, cream cheese and boiled eggs, all chopped up.
- Serve with salad, gherkins and cold sliced cured meats and ham.
- Fresh cucumbers and gherkins, canned vegetables, and sunflower oil, exported within the fixed quotas, are exempt from custom duties.
Origin
Early 17th century: from Dutch augurkje, gurkje, diminutive of augurk, gurk, from Slavic, based on medieval Greek angourion 'cucumber'.
Rhymes
- full score
- full-service broker
- full-service brokerage
- full sister
- full-size
- full-sized
- full steam (or speed) ahead
- full stop
- full term
- full-throated
- full-time
- full time
- full-timer
- full-toned
- full to overflowing
- full toss
- full to the brim
- full up to dolly's wax
- fully
- -fully
- fully fashioned
- fully fledged
- fulmar
- fulminant
- fulminate