Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to picnic
Participle: picnicked
Gerund: picnicking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | picnic |
| you | picnic |
| he;she;it | picnics |
| we | picnic |
| you | picnic |
| they | picnic |
Perfect
| I | have picnicked |
| you | have picnicked |
| he;she;it | has picnicked |
| we | have picnicked |
| you | have picnicked |
| they | have picnicked |
Past
| I | picnicked |
| you | picnicked |
| he;she;it | picnicked |
| we | picnicked |
| you | picnicked |
| they | picnicked |
Pluperfect
| I | had picnicked |
| you | had picnicked |
| he;she;it | had picnicked |
| we | had picnicked |
| you | had picnicked |
| they | had picnicked |
Future
| I | will picnic |
| you | will picnic |
| he;she;it | will picnic |
| we | will picnic |
| you | will picnic |
| they | will picnic |
Future Perfect
| I | will have picnicked |
| you | will have picnicked |
| he;she;it | will have picnicked |
| we | will have picnicked |
| you | will have picnicked |
| they | will have picnicked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | picnic |
| you | picnic |
| he;she;it | picnic |
| we | picnic |
| you | picnic |
| they | picnic |
Perfect
| I | have picnicked |
| you | have picnicked |
| he;she;it | have picnicked |
| we | have picnicked |
| you | have picnicked |
| they | have picnicked |
Imperfect
| I | picnicked |
| you | picnicked |
| he;she;it | picnicked |
| we | picnicked |
| you | picnicked |
| they | picnicked |
Pluperfect
| I | had picnicked |
| you | had picnicked |
| he;she;it | had picnicked |
| we | had picnicked |
| you | had picnicked |
| they | had picnicked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would picnic |
| you | would picnic |
| he;she;it | would picnic |
| we | would picnic |
| you | would picnic |
| they | would picnic |
Perfect
| I | would have picnicked |
| you | would have picnicked |
| he;she;it | would have picnicked |
| we | would have picnicked |
| you | would have picnicked |
| they | would have picnicked |
Imperative
| you | picnic |
| we | Let's picnic |
| you | picnic |
Verbs conjugated like 'picnic'
bivouac,
critic,
fabric,
frolic,
havoc,
limbec,
mimic,
physic,
picnic,
prognostic,
rollic,
rubric,
traffic,
zinc,
Verbs similar to 'picnic'
picknick,
finick,
init,
mimic,
panick,
physic,
pick,
pickax,
picket,
pickle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1748 (in Chesterfield's "Letters"), but rare before c.1800 as an Eng. institution, from Fr.
piquenique (1692), perhaps a reduplication of
piquer "to pick, peck," from O.Fr. (see
pike (2)), or the second element may be
nique "worthless thing," from a Gmc. source. Originally a fashionable pot-luck social affair, not necessarily out of doors. Figurative sense of "something easy" is from 1886.
2. Borrowed from French pique-nique.
Verbs referencing "picnic"
Dutch
picknicken, Ido piknikar.
Sample Sentences
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And I'll never forget the chillingly instinctive racism. "Sure is pretty countryside. Pity it's spoiled by the niggers picknickin." [2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 71:]