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Webster 1913 Edition
Picnic
Pic′nic
,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).
Pic′nic
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Picnicked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Picnicking
.] To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.
Definition 2024
picnic
picnic
English
Noun
picnic (plural picnics)
- A meal eaten outdoors or in another informal setting.
- We went out for a picnic in the forest.
- An easy or pleasant task.
- We remind the guests that dealing with this problem is no picnic, and to be patient.
- An informal social gathering taking place outdoors, such as in a forest or a heath, and where brought comestibles are ingested.
- (obsolete) An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.
Translations
a meal eaten outdoors
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social gathering
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an easy or pleasant task
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Verb
picnic (third-person singular simple present picnics, present participle picnicking, simple past and past participle picnicked)
- To eat a picnic.