picnicking

present participle of picnic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picnicking
Verb
  • Expect a white-glove experience with thoughtful, immaculately plated dishes all while dining under a ceiling of ornate blue and gold frescoes.
    Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • Your Floors Moving dining chairs back and forth can be hard on your floors.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Put simply, Maine would not be Maine without its lobster—and a trip to Maine wouldn’t be complete without eating some.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Unlike eating enough protein or seeing how hydration affects your skin, gut health is an important, yet somewhat immeasurable, key to human health.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • Eating Too Much or Too Late Eating a large dinner or snacking too close to bedtime can cause a rise in blood sugar that may last all night, especially if the snack is high in simple carbs.
    Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • In the film, actress Midori Francis plays Hana, a medical student who becomes terrorized by a sinister force after partaking in the latest dieting fad — eating human ashes.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026
  • Cristian Fajardo Mondragon, 17, was taken into custody Sunday after allegedly partaking in a citywide shooting spree that left four people injured, struck two fire stations and triggered a shelter-in-place order in South Austin, the Austin Police Department said in a statement.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • However, ticks go through several stages in their life cycle while feeding on different animal hosts like mice and deer.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
  • These are important tools used for both feeding and building their dens and digging for other menu items such as mice, gophers, voles and shrews.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • On the Slovakian side, the High Tatras deliver mountain lakes, waterfalls and flocks of sheep grazing among rocky crests.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • How is grazing replacing the traditional family dinner?
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Deer And Rabbit Damage Deer have a frustrating habit of nibbling the flowers off of hydrangeas.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 June 2026
  • To avoid your dog nibbling on dangerous plants altogether, take the following steps.
    Amy DeYoung, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Or perhaps simple pleasures such as noshing on a pastry with a hot cup of stimulation will do.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Or your bulbs may have been eaten by rodents— especially voles, which are herbivores that adore noshing on many types of bulbs.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Picnicking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picnicking. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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