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Noun: field day  feeld dey
  1. A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
    "The company organized a field day for employees and their families";
    - outing, picnic
     
  2. A day for outdoor athletic competition
    "The school's annual field day was always a highlight for the students"
     
  3. (military) a day for military exercises and display
    "The recruits prepared for weeks for the upcoming field day"
     
  4. A time of unusual pleasure and success
    "The critics had a field day with the poorly written movie"

Derived forms: field days

Type of: day, holiday [Brit], period, period of time, time period, time span, vac [Brit, informal], vacation, vacay [N. Amer, informal]

Encyclopedia: Field day