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noun | verb picnicpicnic1 /ˈpɪknɪk/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYpicnic1Origin: 1700-1800 French pique-nique ► have a picnic Let’s have a picnic Sunday afternoon. 1 an occasion when people take food and eat it outdoors, especially somewhere such as the beach, a park, etc.: Let’s have a picnic Sunday afternoon.2be no picnic if an activity or situation is no picnic, it is not fun and is often very difficult: A two-hour bus ride to work every day is no picnic.3picnic lunch/supper the food you take for a picnic [Origin: 1700–1800 French pique-nique] noun | verb picnicpicnic2 verb (picnicked, picnicking) [intransitive] VERB TABLEpicnic |
Present | I, you, we, they | picnic | | he, she, it | picnics | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | picnicked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have picnicked | | he, she, it | has picnicked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had picnicked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will picnic | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have picnicked |
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Present | I | am picnicking | | he, she, it | is picnicking | | you, we, they | are picnicking | Past | I, he, she, it | was picnicking | | you, we, they | were picnicking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been picnicking | | he, she, it | has been picnicking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been picnicking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be picnicking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been picnicking |
to have a picnic: Several couples were picnicking on the beach.—picnicker noun [countable] |