Definitions for picnic
ˈpɪk nɪkpic·nic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. field day, outing, picnicnoun

   a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

2. cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cakenoun

   any undertaking that is easy to do

   "marketing this product will be no picnic"

3. picnicverb

   any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion

4. picnicverb

   eat alfresco, in the open air

   "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. picnicnoun

   A meal eaten outdoors or in another informal setting.

   We went out for a picnic in the forest.

2. picnicnoun

   An easy or pleasant task.

   We remind the guests that dealing with this problem is no picnic, and to be patient.

3. picnicverb

   To eat a picnic.

4. Etymology: pique-nique

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Picnic

   A picnic is a meal taken outdoors (al fresco) as part of an excursion, especially in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding an open-air theater performance, and usually in summer. It is different from other meals because it requires free time to leave home.History shows us that the idea of a meal that was jointly contributed to and enjoyed out-of-doors was essential to picnic from the early 19th century.Picnickers like to sit on the ground on a rug or blanket. Picnics can be informal with throwaway plates or formal with silver cutlery and crystal wine glasses. Tables and chairs may be used but this is less common.Outdoor games or some other form of entertainment are common at large picnics. In public parks, a picnic area generally includes picnic tables and possibly built-in grills, water faucets (taps), garbage (rubbish) containers and restrooms (toilets). Some picnics are a potluck, where each person contributes a dish for all to share. The food eaten is rarely hot, instead taking the form of deli sandwiches, finger food, fresh fruit, salad and cold meats. It can be accompanied by chilled wine, champagne or soft drinks.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Picnic

   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)

2. Picnicverb

   to go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. piquenique. See Pick, v., and cf. Knickknack.]

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1. Picnic

   Picnic is a 1955 Cinemascope production, the film adapted for the screen by Daniel Taradash from William Inge’s 1953 Pulitzer Prize winning play. Joshua Logan, director of the original Broadway stage production, directed the film version. Picnic was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two. The film starred William Holden and Kim Novak in leading roles. The supporting cast members were Rosalind Russell, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell, Nick Adams, Betty Field, Verna Felton and Raymond Bailey The film dramatizes twenty-four hours in the life of a rural Kansas town set in mid-twentieth century America. It is the Labor Day holiday and an anchorless, ex-football hero drifts in looking to re-connect with his old college friend, son of a wealthy grain elevator operator. This is the story of the proverbial outsider who blows into town and subsequently manages to upturn complacency, shake convention, disrupt, rearrange lives and—reset the fates of all those with whom he comes into contact.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Picnic

   pik′nik, n. a short excursion into the country by a pleasure-party who take their own provisions with them: an entertainment in the open air, towards which each person contributes.—v.i. to go on a picnic:—pr.p. pic′nicking; pa.t. and pa.p. pic′nicked.—n. Pic′nicker. [Prob. pick, to nibble, and nick, for knack, a trifle.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of picnic in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of picnic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of picnic in a Sentence

1. Jack Donson:

   It's pretty confining, pretty boring, not dangerous, but still no picnic, especially if you're a man of wealth: one minute you're on your yacht or in a helicopter; next minute you're sitting at a table playing cards with the boys.

2. Suhail Shaheen:

   Invading Afghanistan is not going on a picnic. It is a swamp.

3. Charlie Daniels:

   I'll give you a little breakdown of Charlie Daniels Band, we played with the Rolling Stones years ago in Memphis, in the afternoon and flew down to Austin, Texas, that night and worked the Willie Nelson picnic.

4. Dan McKena:

   The joke is we've built every picnic table, lifeguard stand that's located in the town of Westerly, it's just something we kind of do quietly and this story just kind of got put out there on social media and it kind of blew up and took off.

5. Tom Stoppard:

   Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=picnic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Picnic
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picnic
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picnic
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=picnic
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=picnic