picnic

[Pic·nic]

A picnic is a meal that you eat outside. For your birthday, you might take a picnic lunch (including celebratory cupcakes) to a nearby beach with some friends.

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Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).

Noun
any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"

Noun
any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion

Noun
a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

Verb
eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"


v.
Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).

v. i.
To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.


Picnic

Pic"nic , n. [Cf. F. piquenique. See Pick, v., and cf. Knickknack.] Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).

Picnic

Pic"nic , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Picnicked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Picnicking .] To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).

To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.

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Usage Examples

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

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Other Usage Examples

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

The perfect date for me would be staying at home, making a big picnic in bed, eating Wotsits and cookies while watching cable TV.

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