junket Definition
jun·ket (juŋ′kit)
noun
- milk sweetened, flavored, and thickened into curd with rennet
- a feast or picnic
- a pleasure trip
- ☆ an excursion, as by a public official, paid for out of public funds
Etymology: ME joncate < ML *juncata, a sweetmeat, cream cheese < L juncus, a rush (see jonquil): because orig. brought to market in rush baskets
intransitive verb
to go on a junket or excursion, esp. one paid for out of public funds
transitive verb
to entertain at a feast
junket Related Forms
☆ jun′·keteer′ (juŋ′ki tir′) noun or jun′·keterjuŋ′kit ər
junket Synonyms
junket
n.
junket Usage Examples
Converse of object
- do: When you have to do these media junkets, do you prepare?
- gamble: In the mid-1960s, American organized crime had seen London as a very promising venue for gambling junkets and skim operations.
- have: She even had some junket for pudding which she avowed she had not tasted for " nigh on thirty years " .
Noun used with modifier
- press: Press Quotes Craig spoke to ` The Insider ` during a Czech Republic press junket on May 22nd.
- industry: News from the Harrogate Nursery Fair It's an industry junket for some, a serious buying opportunity for others!
- movie: It's funny that Bollywood isn't so much jumping on the last slasher movie junket as, perhaps, anticipating the next one.
Browse dictionary entries near junket
- ‹ junker
- ‹ junk mail
- ‹ junk jewelry
- ‹ junk food
- ‹ Junk Fax Protection Act
- ‹ junk dealer
- ‹ junk bond
- ‹ junk
- ‹ juniper
- ‹ juniority
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