picnic

Meaning

Noun

1. An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
2. The meal eaten at such a gathering.
3. (figuratively) An easy or pleasant task.
4. (obsolete) An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.
5. A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig.

Verb

To take part in a picnic.

Synonyms

outing

excursion

pushover

snack

snap

walkover

duck soup

field day

child’s play

junket

breeze

lunch

exodus

piece of cake

cinch

pleasure trip

hike⫷mn⫸

cakewalk

clambake

fair

jaunt

light meal

maroon

party

🥳

easy going

go picnicking

trip⫷mn⫸

Translations

pique-nique

Picknick

picnic

picknick

piquenique

picnic

picknicken

scampagnata

pique-niquer

piknik

υπαίθριο πάρτι

seyran

fazer piquenique

jeu d’enfant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪknɪk/

Etymology

Borrowed from French pique-nique.

Sentences

There are a few short walks and a picnic area .