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Definitions for Picnic

[1] an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
[2] the food eaten on such an excursion.
[3] Also called picnic ham, picnic shoulder. a section of pork shoulder, usually boned, smoked, and weighing 4–6 pounds. Compare daisy(def 2) .
[4] Informal . an enjoyable experience or time, easy task, etc.: Being laid up in a hospital is no picnic.
[5] to go on or take part in a picnic.
[6] a trip or excursion to the country, seaside, etc, on which people bring food to be eaten in the open air
[7] any informal meal eaten outside (as modifier ) a picnic lunch
[8] informal , mainly Australian a troublesome situation or experience
[9] no picnic informal a hard or disagreeable task
[10] (intr) to eat a picnic

Words related to Picnic

barbecue, outing, excursion, cookout, clambake, walkover, pushover, lark, breeze, cinch, snap, setup

Words nearby Picnic

pickwickian, pickwickian syndrome, pickwickianism, picky, picloram, picnic, picnic races, pico de aneto, pico de são tomé, pico de teide, pico della mirandola

Origin of Picnic

1740–50; < German Pic-nic (now Picknick ) < French pique-nique, rhyming compound < ?

Other words from Picnic

pic·nick·er , noun

Word origin for Picnic

C18: from French piquenique, of unknown origin

Synonyms for Picnic

barbecue, cookout, excursion, outing, clambake, dining alfresco, fish fry, weiner roast