Definition of GHERKIN

gherkin

Meanings

Plural: gherkins

Noun

  • any of various small cucumbers pickled whole
  • small prickly cucumber
  • A small cucumber, often pickled whole.
  • Pickled cucumber regardless of size; a pickle
  • The penis.

Name

  • Alternative letter-case form of Gherkin.

Origin / Etymology

From a form of Dutch gurk, an archaic variant of augurk (“small pickled cucumber”), from Low German, from Middle Low German agurke, augurke, probably via Slavic (compare Polish ogórek), from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion, “cucumber”). The underlying Dutch form may be a diminutive (gurkijn) or perhaps more probably the plural (gurken), which was then associated with the English suffix -kin (itself incidentally from Dutch or Low German). Compare German Gurke.

Scrabble Score: 15

gherkin is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
gherkin is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gherkin is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

gherkin is a valid Words With Friends word