A cracker or a small, thin piece of bread or toast spread with cheese, meat, or relish and served as an appetizer. [French, from canapÃ©, couch, from Medieval Latin canÄpÄum, mosquito net; see canopy.]
Pickle brine is a traditional Polish hangover remedy as well, say the Strybels: Fill a glass with equal parts chilled pickle brine and ice-cold club soda, and drink the mixture down at once.
Definition of pickle. 1  1 : a solution or bath for preserving or cleaning: such asa : a brine or vinegar solution in which foods are preservedb : any of various baths used in industrial cleaning or processing. 2  2 : a difficult situation : plight could see no way out of the pickle I was in â R. L. Stevenson.