picnic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: picnic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for picnic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
picnic n a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering [syn: {field day}, outing, picnic] any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" Synonym(s): cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.