picnicking

Variant of picnic

picnic definition

pic·nic (pik′nik)

noun

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

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

intransitive verb picnicked -·nicked, picnicking -·nick·ing

to hold or attend a picnic

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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