What does PICNIC mean?
Definitions for PICNIC
ˈpɪk nɪkpic·nic
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word PICNIC.
Princeton's WordNet
field day, outing, picnicnoun
a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
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"
picnicverb
any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
picnicverb
eat alfresco, in the open air
"We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"
Wiktionary
picnicnoun
A meal eaten outdoors or in another informal setting.
We went out for a picnic in the forest.
picnicnoun
An easy or pleasant task.
We remind the guests that dealing with this problem is no picnic, and to be patient.
picnicverb
To eat a picnic.
Etymology: pique-nique
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
picnic
A picnic is an outing or excursion that includes a packed meal, typically eaten outdoors on a blanket or at a table, where participants enjoy food and leisure activities in a scenic location such as a park, beach, or forest. It often occurs in association with family gatherings or social events.
Webster Dictionary
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)
Picnicverb
to go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion
Etymology: [Cf. F. piquenique. See Pick, v., and cf. Knickknack.]
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of PICNIC in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of PICNIC in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of PICNIC in a Sentence
The objective of our social media messages is to counter the trolls and the campaign against farmers, we are not here for a picnic.
He was the model boyfriend, he’d bring me a picnic at work for lunch and I would come home to dinner made and a bath run for me, i knew that he had been convicted of assaulting an ex-partner but I thought that our relationship was different.
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia:
“…Our picnic yesterday was a success. We baked not only potatoes but apples as well. They were very appetizing. The apples were especially delicious…”
Once you don't have it, that's why you see many more people coming. They're coming like it's a picnic because 'let's go to Disneyland,'.
When you're sold to a trafficker at 10 years old, you've probably never had a birthday party, not one of these women had ever gone on a picnic. They hadn't seen a Disney movie. We do that here, to reclaim what they didn't get so that now when they go back into society, they're no longer a disenfranchised person.
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- مهمة سهلةArabic
- пікні́кBelarusian
- пикни́кBulgarian
- piknikCzech
- picnicDanish
- PicknickGerman
- piknikoEsperanto
- jiraSpanish
- پیک نیکPersian
- huviretki, eväsretkiFinnish
- piquenique, jeu d’enfant, pique-niqueFrench
- cuirm-chnuicScottish Gaelic
- पिकनिकHindi
- piknikHungarian
- piknikIndonesian
- ピクニックJapanese
- 피크닉, 소풍Korean
- سهیرانKurdish
- и́злет, пи́кникMacedonian
- xalata, piknikMaltese
- picknickDutch
- piknikNorwegian Nynorsk
- piknikNorwegian
- piknikPolish
- piqueniquePortuguese
- picnicRomanian
- [[приятный, пикни́кRussian
- izlet, излет, piknik, пикникSerbo-Croatian
- piknikSlovak
- piknikSlovene
- mayor, botramSundanese
- picknickSwedish
- piknikTurkish
- пікні́кUkrainian
- du ngoạnVietnamese
- 野餐Chinese
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