picnic
noun
an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
are picnicking
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present progressiveof picnic.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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When we arrive, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish couple are picnicking under the trees outside.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Jordanna Vallance and Fran Addis, both from Harrogate, are picnicking in the sun and plan to return each year to photograph their babies in the blossom.
From BBC ● May 1, 2025
First person: Aislinn Corey, a preschool teacher in London, has turned giving her two sons an orange or an apple into a game, slicing it into thirds and pretending they are picnicking.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
Instead, save them to take when you are picnicking or camping, or put them in a lunch bag for school or work.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2021
The natives are picnicking in the ravine below there.
From Nuttie's Father by Charlotte Mary Yonge
