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UK
/pˈɪknɪk/
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[ US /ˈpɪkˌnɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈpɪkˌnɪk/ ]
NOUN
- any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
- a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
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any undertaking that is easy to do
marketing this product will be no picnic
VERB
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eat alfresco, in the open air
We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday
How To Use picnic In A Sentence
- Rows of brick garden apartments all backed onto a massive common garden: a shared backyard for children to play, dogs to gambol, and families to eat picnics together. Day of Honey
- Even if you're not into playing the ponies, the setting is marvelous and it's a superb place for a picnic.
- For a picnic, chill the strawberries and cream separately, take them along in a cool box, and assemble them on site.
- We can pack a picnic and eat on the water, and we catch fish.
- We (the Western public) regard picnics as highly advantageous to health and beauty, promoting social sympathy and high-toned alimentiveness, advancing the interests of the community and the ultimate welfare of the nation. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 17, July 23, 1870
- But sure, they could be more "anti-consumerist" by having a druidical gathering of eight friends in the middle of the forest and a picnic lunch. Love on a farmboy's wages
- Part of the money will be spent on sprucing up areas used by the public, including car parks, picnic sites and paths.
- If the weather's nice we could have a picnic in the park.
- Clara looked puzzled for a moment—she had forgotten that that was what they called the picnic spot on the Guadalupe. The Lonesome Dove Series
- Visit the picnic ground and the cafe and view the bush setting from flat ground.