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[ UK /pˈɪknɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈpɪkˌnɪk/ ]
NOUN
  1. any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
  2. a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
  3. any undertaking that is easy to do
    marketing this product will be no picnic
VERB
  1. 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.
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