Meaning of PICNIC
Pronunciation: | | 'piknik
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"
- [n] any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
- [n] a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
- [v] eat alfresco, in the open air
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| Synonyms: | | breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, field day, outing, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover |
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| See Also: | | cookout, doddle, eat, holiday, labor, meal, project, repast, task, undertaking, vacation | |
Products Dictionary |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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).
\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.
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Dream Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Dreaming that you are at a picnic means a joyful and tranquil domestic life.
Seeing a picnic basket in your dream indicates an opportunity to learn and share your ideas and opinions. |
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| Related Terms: | | action, agonizing, agony, alfresco meal, arduous, ascendancy, ball, banquet, barbecue, big time, blowout, board, break bread with, breakfast, breeze, brunch, buffet supper, Cadmean victory, carnival, championship, cinch, clambake, coffee break, conquest, cook out, cookout, difficult, dine, dine out, diner, dinner, disagreeable, do, duck, easy target, easy thing, easy victory, eat out, elevenses, fair, feast, festival, festive occasion, festivity, fete, field day, fiesta, fish fry, fun, fun and games, funmaking, gala, gala affair, gala day, game, garden party, good time, grand slam, great doings, great fun, high jinks, high old time, high tea, high time, hot luncheon, jamboree, kermis, knockout, KO, landslide, landslide victory, laughs, lead-pipe cinch, lovely time, lunch, luncheon, Mardi Gras, mash, mastery, meat breakfast, mess with, misfortune, moral victory, no picnic, painful, party, petit dejeuner, pie, piece of cake, play, pleasant time, pushover, Pyrrhic victory, rough, runaway victory, Saturnalia, setup, sinecure, sitting duck, snap, sport, subdual, subduing, success, sup, supper, tea, tea break, teatime, tiffin, torture, torturous, total victory, tough, triumph, TV dinner, velvet, victory, walkaway, walkover, waygoose, wayzgoose, wiener roast, wienie roast, win, winning, winning streak |
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