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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pic•nic /ˈpɪknɪk/USA pronunciation n., v., -nicked, -nick•ing. n. [countable] - a trip in which food is brought and a meal is shared in the open air.
- the food eaten on such an excursion.
- Informal Termsan enjoyable experience, task, etc.:[used with negative words or phrases]That three-year hitch in the Army was no picnic.
v. [no object] - to go on or take part in a picnic:We picnicked in that same park every summer.
pic•nick•er, n. [countable]The picnickers were fighting off the ants. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pic•nic (pik′nik),USA pronunciation n., v., -nicked, -nick•ing. n. - an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- the food eaten on such an excursion.
- Also called pic′nic ham′, pic′nic shoul′der. a section of pork shoulder, usually boned, smoked, and weighing 4–6 pounds. Cf. daisy (def. 2).
- Informal Termsan enjoyable experience or time, easy task, etc.:Being laid up in a hospital is no picnic.
v.i. - to go on or take part in a picnic.
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- French pique-nique, rhyming compound
- German Pic-nic (now Picknick)
- 1740–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: picnic /ˈpɪknɪk/ n - a trip or excursion to the country, seaside, etc, on which people bring food to be eaten in the open air
- any informal meal eaten outside
- (as modifier): a picnic lunch
- informal chiefly Austral a troublesome situation or experience
- no picnic ⇒ informal a hard or disagreeable task
vb ( -nics, -nicking, -nicked)- (intransitive) to eat a picnic
Etymology: 18th Century: from French piquenique, of unknown originˈpicnicker n |