Picnic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Picnic \Pic"nic\, n. [Cf. F. piquenique. See {Pick}, v., and cf.
     {Knickknack}.]
     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).
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Picnic \Pic"nic\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Picnicked}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Picnicking}.]
     To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public
     fashion.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  picnic
       n 1: a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering [syn: {field
            day}, {outing}]
       2: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product
          will be no picnic" [syn: {cinch}, {breeze}, {snap}, {duck
          soup}, {child's play}, {pushover}, {walkover}, {piece of
          cake}]
       3: any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
       v : eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake
           on this gorgeous Sunday"
       [also: {picnicking}, {picnicked}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  127 Moby Thesaurus words for "picnic":
     Cadmean victory, KO, Mardi Gras, Pyrrhic victory, Saturnalia,
     TV dinner, action, agonizing, agony, alfresco meal, arduous,
     ascendancy, ball, banquet, barbecue, big time, blowout, board,
     break bread with, breakfast, breeze, brunch, buffet supper,
     carnival, championship, cinch, clambake, coffee break, conquest,
     cook out, cookout, difficult, dine, dine out, diner, dinner,
     disagreeable, do, duck, easy target, easy thing, easy victory,
     eat out, elevenses, fair, feast, festival, festive occasion,
     festivity, fete, field day, fiesta, fish fry, fun, fun and games,
     funmaking, gala, gala affair, gala day, game, garden party,
     good time, grand slam, great doings, great fun, high jinks,
     high old time, high tea, high time, hot luncheon, jamboree, kermis,
     knockout, landslide, landslide victory, laughs, lead-pipe cinch,
     lovely time, lunch, luncheon, mash, mastery, meat breakfast,
     mess with, misfortune, moral victory, no picnic, painful, party,
     petit dejeuner, pie, piece of cake, play, pleasant time, pushover,
     rough, runaway victory, setup, sinecure, sitting duck, snap, sport,
     subdual, subduing, success, sup, supper, tea, tea break, teatime,
     tiffin, torture, torturous, total victory, tough, triumph, velvet,
     victory, walkaway, walkover, waygoose, wayzgoose, wiener roast,
     wienie roast, win, winning, winning streak