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Definition of Field day

1. Noun. (military) a day for military exercises and display.

2. Noun. A day for outdoor athletic competition.

3. Noun. A time of unusual pleasure and success.

4. Noun. A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering.

Definition of Field day

1. Noun. (military) A parade day. ¹

2. Noun. A school day for athletic events; a sports day. ¹

3. Noun. A day of class taken away from school for a field trip. ¹

4. Noun. (idiomatic) A great time or a great deal to do. ¹

5. Noun. (idiomatic) A great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense. ¹

6. Noun. (context: US Navy) Top-to-bottom all-hands cleaning. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Day

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field chamomile field chickweed field coil field corn field cricket field day (current term) field days field dependence-independence field depth field diaphragm

field dress field effect field effects field emission field emission display field emission microscope field emission microscopes field emission microscopy field emission tube field event

Literary usage of Field day

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1903)
"THE UNDERGRADUATES TECHNOLOGY field day, NOV. ... attendance of some three thousand spectators, Technology's second field day was a most successful affair. ..."

2. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society by American-Irish Historical Society (1914)
"ANNUAL field day OF THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SARATOGA, JULY 26, 1913. Announcement of the annual field day of the Society was made by the ..."

3. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1899)
"field day EXCURSION. THE Annual field day Excursion was taken September 6, 1899, by railroad to Pine Point, thence by carriages to the site of the ancient ..."

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