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picnic
[ pik-nik ]
noun
- an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- the food eaten on such an excursion.
- Also called picnic ham, a section of pork shoulder, usually boned, smoked, and weighing 4–6 pounds. Compare daisy ( def 2 ).
- Informal. an enjoyable experience or time, easy task, etc.:
Being laid up in a hospital is no picnic.
verb (used without object)
- to go on or take part in a picnic.
picnic
/ ˈɪɪ /
noun
- a trip or excursion to the country, seaside, etc, on which people bring food to be eaten in the open air
- any informal meal eaten outside
- ( as modifier )
a picnic lunch
- informal.a troublesome situation or experience
- no picnic informal.a hard or disagreeable task
verb
- intr to eat a picnic
Derived Forms
- ˈ辱Ծ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- 辱n· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of picnic1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of picnic1
Idioms and Phrases
see no picnic .Example Sentences
The celebration began at about 11:40 BST and featured picnic benches, bars on the back of tractors and food served straight from a boat at high tide.
Social media is rife with photos of people slogging along the tracks in the company of toddlers and dogs, hauling picnic gear.
Packed in my picnic basket beside my chair, Banana Cake joined me while watching sunsets on some of the most beautiful, sugar white, talcum powder soft beaches in the world.
Her aim was to try to clear the park of waste before the Easter weekend so that if the weather was nice, people would be able to head out for picnics.
"When the mountains are plastered in gorse you have cases like California with people going for a picnic and chucking glass and then you've got a problem," she said.
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