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- [pik-nik]
- /ˈpɪk nɪk/
- /ˈpɪk.nɪk/
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- [pik-nik]
- /ˈpɪk nɪk/
Definitions of picnic word
- abbreviation Technical meaning of PICNIC PEBCAK 3
- noun picnic an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air. 1
- noun picnic the food eaten on such an excursion. 1
- noun picnic Also called picnic ham, picnic shoulder. a section of pork shoulder, usually boned, smoked, and weighing 4–6 pounds. Compare daisy (def 2). 1
- noun picnic Informal. an enjoyable experience or time, easy task, etc.: Being laid up in a hospital is no picnic. 1
- verb without object picnic to go on or take part in a picnic. 1
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Origin of picnic
First appearance:
before 1740 One of the 48% newest English words
1740-50; < German Pic-nic (now Picknick) < French pique-nique, rhyming compound < ?
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Parts of speech for Picnic
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
picnic popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
picnic usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for picnic
adv picnic
noun picnic
- amusement — Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
- barbecue — A barbecue is a piece of equipment which you use for cooking on in the open air.
- beguilement — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- blow out — If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
- blue plate — a plate, often decorated with a blue willow pattern, divided by ridges into sections for holding apart several kinds of food.
adj picnic
- cursive — of or relating to handwriting in which letters are formed and joined in a rapid flowing style
- easy — not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
- effortless — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- facile — moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
- fast talk — to persuade with facile argument, usually with the intention to deceive or to overwhelm rational objections: The salesperson tried to fast-talk me into buying a suit I didn't want.
adjective picnic
adverb picnic
- outdoor — Also, outdoors. characteristic of, located, occurring, or belonging outdoors: an outdoor barbecue; outdoor sports.
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