pic|nic

pic|nic «PIHK nihk», noun, verb, -nicked, -nick|ing, adjective.

–n.

1. a) a pleasure trip or party with a meal in the open air: »

We had a picnic at the beach.

b) any outdoor meal: »

to have a picnic in one's yard.

2. Slang. a pleasant time or experience; very easy job: »

He tells you about some new stratagem he's planning, and there's no question he's having a picnic in this new limelight (Maclean's).

3. = picnic ham. (Cf. ↑picnic ham)

–v.i.

1. to go on or take part in a picnic: »

Our family often picnics at the beach.

2. to eat in picnic style.

–adj.

for or at a picnic: »

a picnic lunch.

╂[< French piquenique, perhaps a rhyming reduplication of French pique]