picnicked

Definition of picnickednext
past tense of picnic

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Verb
  • Prior to the meeting, Egenberg and his wife had dined with Motta and Alfortish.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • More allegations of dining and dashing Nelson, of Montgomery County, had allegedly dined and dashed at restaurants up and down Belair Road.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Along with his involvement in Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles biopic, McCartney recently partook in a documentary about his time with Wings, Man on the Run, which was directed by Morgan Neville and released in February.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Meghan Markle partook in a new social media trend on Friday, January 16.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 16 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In contrast, the babies of mammals—even egg-laying ones—need to be fed milk for a time after birth.
    Kate Wong, Scientific American, 15 Apr. 2026
  • On the second shift just 53 seconds into the game, David Pastrnak fed Morgan Geekie for his 39th of the year, which also gave Pastrnak his 100th point of the season.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The stray bullet went through Kaori’s head and grazed her 2-year-old brother’s back.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • As the baby animal grazed in front of D'Amelio, Irwin announced a special homage to her.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • University of Regina astronomy professor, Samantha Lawler, has also questioned if SpaceX's constellations need to be so large and constantly refreshed when Starlink satellites can be retired in five years.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
  • There's nothing like returning to the park refreshed and ready to take on the evening instead of worn down by an hour-long ordeal on the shuttle.
    Jacqueline Dole, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In that time, he’s cooked through about 1,000 recipes, noshed at more than 200 restaurants and seriously considered getting a map of the city’s grocery stores tattooed on his arm for easy reference.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Throughout the evening, guests noshed on catfish nuggets, lamb kabobs with curry vinaigrette, and, my personal favorite, a doughnut with a halva and whisky caramel glaze.
    Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Threatened by the lack of water and nibbled by starving livestock, the trees that once formed a dense forest in the Somali region of Ethiopia are in danger, locals say.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That led to a viral moment in a Lions’ Thanksgiving Day game when his teammates were shown chowing down on the turkey provided by Fox, while Montgomery nibbled on a carrot.
    Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Picnicked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picnicked. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

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