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junket Definition

jun·ket (juŋkit)

noun

  1. milk sweetened, flavored, and thickened into curd with rennet
  2. a feast or picnic
  3. a pleasure trip
  4. ☆ 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·keterjuŋkit ər

junket Synonyms

junket

n.

  1. Pudding

    custard, milk dessert, rennet; see dessert, pudding.

  2. A trip

    excursion, outing, political tour, pleasure trip; see journey.

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.

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