picnic

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A meal eaten outdoors, as on an excursion.
2. n. Slang An easy task or a pleasant experience.
3. n. A smoked section of pork foreleg and shoulder.
4. v. To go on or participate in a picnic.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Formerly, an entertainment in which every partaker contributed his share to the general table; now, an entertainment or pleasure-party the members of which carry provisions with them on an excursion, as from a city to some place in the country: also used adjectively: as, a picnic party; picnic biscuits (a kind of small sweet biscuits).
2. To attend a picnic party; take part in a picnic meal: as, we picnicked in the woods.
3. n. Something undeniably good or easy; a ‘soft thing’; a snug berth; a treat; an easy job.
4. n. A lively, difficult, or awkard experience.

Wiktionary

1. n. A meal eaten outdoors or in another informal setting.
2. n. An easy or pleasant task.
3. v. To eat a picnic.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).
2. v. To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
2. v. eat alfresco, in the open air
3. n. any undertaking that is easy to do
4. n. a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering