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picnic
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
1 an occasion when people pack a meal and take it to eat outdoors, especially in the countryside:
It's a nice day. Let's go for a picnic.
2 the meal, usually consisting of sandwiches, salad and fruit, etc. that you take with you when you go on a picnic:
Let's eat our picnic by the lake. * a picnic lunch / supper / basket
IDIOMS
be no picnic (informal) to be difficult and cause a lot of problems:
Bringing up a family when you're unemployed is no picnic.
verb (-ck-) [V] to have a picnic:
No picnicking allowed (= on a sign)