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picnic |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: picnic n 1: a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering [syn: {field day}, {outing}] 2: any activity that is easy to do "marketing this product will be no picnic" [syn: {cinch}, {snap}, {duck soup}, {child's play}, {pushover}, {walkover}, {piece of cake}] 3: any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion v : eat alfresco, in the open air
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