field day in English

noun
1
a review or an exercise, especially in maneuvering.
In the Navy, " field day " refers to a thorough cleaning of the ship's spaces.
2
a day devoted to athletic contests or other sporting events, typically at a school.
Put up a cork/bulletin board for the kids to hang ribbons and medals from field days , school spirit events and competitions.
3
an opportunity for action, success, or excitement, especially at the expense of others.
shoplifters are having a field day in the store
4
a day set aside for the display of agricultural machinery and crops, especially corn and soybeans.
The little town of Henty, in southern New South Wales, is a small unassuming place that traditionally holds one of the country's biggest agricultural field days .

Use "field day" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "field day" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "field day", or refer to the context using the word "field day" in the English Dictionary.

1. They'd have a field day.

2. Secretive sects also had a field day.

3. I had a field day last Sunday.

4. What a field day the train spotters had!

5. The tabloid newspapers would have a field day.

6. Immediately afterwards they had a grand Field Day.

7. His nomination could be a field day for Democrats.

8. In such situations, information biases have a field day....

9. The law courts are also having a field day.

10. I liked the games we played at field day.

11. Thus, during 19 investigative journalism had a field day.

12. The slippery, deceptive Mr Clinton will have a field day.

13. The newspapers had a field day when the trial finished.

14. But claims he wasn't. Security firms had a field day.

15. The newspapers will have a field day with this story!

16. Conspiracy buffs are having a field day speculating about White House motives.

17. Well, the crackpots will have a field day with these revelations, Holmes!

18. In our absence the office gossips are probably having a field day.

19. Politicians and the media have had a field day with the incident.

20. The tabloid press had a field day with the latest government scandal.

21. Shoplifters appear to have had a field day at the January sales.

22. Saville was given a lot of space and had a field day.

23. Any bacteria that may be in the food will have a field day and grow.

24. Land birds and reptiles, like giant tortoises and land iguanas, are having a field day.

25. A younger, peppier Assassin named Bain is having a field day trying to kill said older Assassin

26. In the years between Swann and Burnage the media had in any case had a field day.

27. Looking at my arms I could see that the mosquitoes appeared to have had a field day.

28. Those looking into dodgy dealings at the county jail, on the other hand, have had a field day.

29. Purdue Field Day 2017REGISTRATION IS NOW OPENJune 17, 2017 is our next beekeeping event for The Beekeepers of Indiana

30. Meanwhile, local amateur photographers are having a field day trying to capture the agricultural cloth of gold on film.

31. Florida Bowhunting Field Days will be listed as “Bowhunting Only - Online Field Day” on the hunter safety course registration page

32. • The court was Agog and the journalists continued to scribble away, knowing they were about to have a field day

33. The court was agog and the journalists continued to scribble away, knowing they were about to have a field day.

34. But that wretched Sandra would have had a field day too - her picture in the local rag in her best dress.

35. The internet is having a field day over a seemingly trivial mishap involving actor and wrestler John Cena, who apologized for calling the island nation of TAiwan a country

36. The media have been having a field day with the story of little Johnathan Prevette, the Bespectacled latter-day Georgie Porgie who kissed a girl and caused an outcry

37. – For people, Cowpats are smelly obstacles, but some creatures call them home.“To dung beetles, a dung pat is an ephemeral island in a hostile sea of grass,” said University of Missouri research associate Kent Fothergill at a recent dung beetle field day at MU Wurdack Farm in the Ozarks.About two dozen people spent the day learning about dung beetles and the helpful