Picnic

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  • noun. A meal eaten outdoors, as on an excursion.
  • noun. An easy task or pleasant experience.
  • noun. A smoked section of pork foreleg and shoulder.
  • intransitive verb. To go on or participate in a picnic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Something undeniably good or easy; a ‘soft thing’; a snug berth; a treat; an easy job.
  • noun. A lively, difficult, or awkard experience.
  • noun. Formerly, an entertainment in which every partaker contributed his share to the general table; now, an entertainment or pleasure-party the members of which carry provisions with them on an excursion, as from a city to some place in the country: also used adjectively: as, a picnic party; picnic biscuits (a kind of small sweet biscuits).
  • To attend a picnic party; take part in a picnic meal: as, we picnicked in the woods.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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).
  • intransitive verb. To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A meal eaten outdoors or in another informal setting.
  • noun. An easy or pleasant task.
  • verb. To eat a picnic.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
  • verb. eat alfresco, in the open air
  • noun. any undertaking that is easy to do
  • noun. a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
    • Word Usage
    "Back in Croton the word picnic conjured images of soggy PB&Js and Minute Maid fruit punch juice boxes."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    eat  holiday  vacation  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    banquet  barbecue  celebration  concert  dine  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Cadmean victory  KO  Mardi Gras  Pyrrhic victory  Saturnalia  
    variant
    picnicked  picnicking  
    verb-form
    picnicked  picnicking  picnics  
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