picnic

Meanings

Noun

• An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
• The meal eaten at such a gathering.
• An easy or pleasant task.
• An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.
• A cut of pork from the shoulder area (above the front leg) of a pig.

Verb

• To take part in a picnic.

Origin

• Borrowed from French pique-nique.