picnic 1 of 2

noun

ˈpik-(ˌ)nik How to pronounce picnic (audio)
Definition of picnicnext
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as in bed of roses
a situation or state of carefree comfort babysitting her sister's three brats for the weekend was no picnic

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2
as in breeze
something that is easy to do this class is no picnic, but I've really been learning a lot

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picnic

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verb

as in to snack

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Recent Examples of picnic
Noun
Places to Eat There are plenty of picnic areas within Castlewood Canyon State Park (on both sides), but no restaurants. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026 The latest show had attendees packing Belmont Rocks as far as the length of a city block, picnic blankets lining the stone steps like patchwork. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
Verb
On summer weekends, the barrier beaches of North Carolina’s Figure Eight Island swell with shorebirds and families picnicking under sunshades. — Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 28 May 2026 Their days are spent swimming in the lake, picnicking by the beach and debating poetry and literature. — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for picnic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picnic
  1. paradise
  2. breeze
  3. snack
  4. rest
  5. cake
  6. dine
  7. utopia
  8. partake
Noun
  • The annual event transforms over 50,000 pounds of ice into a frozen paradise of intricate sculptures, functional furniture, and ice luges.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2026
  • Across this paradise the finch-like honeycreeper flits, feeding off the red spindly flowers of the evergreen ‘ōhi‘a lehua tree.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of paradise
Noun
  • There’s a warm (sometimes, too warm) breeze in the air, the days stretch long into the evenings, and every landscape seems to burst with color—there’s simply no season quite like the summertime for a gathering.
    — Alexandra Ditch, Vogue, 20 July 2026
  • Lee builds a drone that simply lingers in the background, moving the way a morning breeze might, then plays against it.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Definition of breeze
Verb
  • What's your go-to snack to keep on hand for long travel days?
    — Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2026
  • Protein is more satiating than carbohydrates alone and may reduce the urge to snack before lunch.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
Definition of snack
Noun
  • The team celebrated Evenepoel’s stage win with champagne, and the next day, a rest day barbecue for team staff.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • For a wellness culture already obsessed with quantifying rest, circadian scores are the number the sleep score never quite delivered.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of rest
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  • This dessert has found viral success on TikTok, where there are countless videos of shoppers trying the cake for a captive audience.
    — Carly Westerfield, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 July 2026
  • Peach slices and brown sugar form a moist base for the tender cake—and when flipped over, that base becomes the topping.
    — Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 21 July 2026
Definition of cake
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  • Red-leather booths, a staple of Chili’s restaurants in the 1990s, are coming back to dining rooms.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Before the World Cup, French President Emmanuel Macron dined with the players at their training complex.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of dine
Noun
  • Everyone from the Allmans and the Marshall Tucker Band to Tom Petty and Eric Clapton have played this musical utopia on Poplar Street downtown.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2026
  • The Golden State might be a West Coast utopia, but then Californians live on a fault line that traverses most of it.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of utopia
Verb
  • West Virginia adopted the nation’s first program to make those funds universally available in 2021 and today, 18 states are inviting any student to partake, regardless of family income or existing private school enrollment.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
  • This mystery is critical to anyone who partakes in the digital world because multiplication is a foundational operation for computers.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
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