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Picnic is defined as a meal eaten outdoors, or an occasion where people come together to eat outside.

(noun)

When you take a blanket to the park and eat outside, this is an example of a picnic.
When your family gets together and grills hot dogs and spends time together eating outside, this is an example of a family picnic.

To picnic is to eat outside.

(verb)

When you pack food and a blanket and go to the park and eat under a tree, this is an example of a situation where you picnic.

The definition of a picnic is a cut of cured pork.

(adjective)

A shoulder cut of ham is an example of a picnic ham.

See picnic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a pleasure outing at which a meal is eaten outdoors
☆ a shoulder cut of pork, cured like ham
also picnic ham or picnic shoulder
Slang
1. a pleasant experience
2. an easy task

Origin: Fr pique-nique, prob. < piquer, to pick + nique, a trifle < OFr niquier, to nod

intransitive verb picnicked, picnicking

to hold or attend a picnic

Related Forms:

picnicker noun

See picnic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A meal eaten outdoors, as on an excursion.
Slang An easy task or a pleasant experience.
A smoked section of pork foreleg and shoulder.

intransitive verb pic·nicked, pic·nick·ing, pic·nics

To go on or participate in a picnic.

Origin:

Origin: French pique-nique

Origin: , probably reduplication of piquer, to pick; see pique

Related Forms:

picˈnick·er noun

picˈnick·y adjective

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