field day

field day

n.

1.

a. A day set aside for sports or athletic competition.

b. An outdoor meeting, social event, or festivity.

c. A day for military exercises, maneuvers, or display.

2. Informal A time of great pleasure, activity, or opportunity: The media had a field day with the sensational story.

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field day

Noun

1. Informal an opportunity or occasion for unrestrained action, esp. if previously denied or restricted: the revelations gave the press a field day

2. Mil a day devoted to manoeuvres or exercises

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	field day - (military) a day for military exercises and display armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" day - a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"
	2.	field day - a day for outdoor athletic competition day - a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"
	3.	field day - a time of unusual pleasure and success period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
	4.	field day - a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering picnic, outing holiday, vacation - leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"

Translations

field day field n to have a field day → einen herrlichen Tag haben