In a difficult situation or a troubling quandary.

A humbucker

A stake driven into the ground. / (historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.

(intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment. / (transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.

A freshwater fish of the genus Esox. / (Canada) Walleye, A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes. / A wading bird, the dunlin.

(Carried) on the back or the shoulders.

(transitive) Dated form of piggyback (“carry someone on the back or shoulders”).

present participle of pickax

simple past tense and past participle of pickax

One who uses specialized tactics to seduce women.