Junket Definition

jŭngkĭt
junkets
noun
junkets
A pleasure trip.
Webster's New World
A party, banquet, or outing.
American Heritage
Milk sweetened, flavored, and thickened into curd with rennet.
Webster's New World
A feast or picnic.
Webster's New World
An excursion, as by a public official, paid for out of public funds.
Webster's New World
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verb
To go on a junket or excursion, esp. one paid for out of public funds.
Webster's New World
To entertain at a feast.
Webster's New World
To go on a junket.
American Heritage
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Junket

Noun

Singular:
junket
Plural:
junkets

Origin of Junket

  • Middle English jonket rush basket, preparation of cream or milk served on rushes, feast modern French dialectal (Normandy) jonquette a kind of dessert made with boiled milk French jonchée container made of rushes for draining soft cheeses, soft cheese made in such a container all untimately from Latin iuncus rush

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin uncertain.

    From Wiktionary

Junket Sentence Examples

  • For example, Rory left to join the press junket following then Senator Obama's bid to be the Democratic Nominee for President.

  • News from the Harrogate Nursery Fair It's an industry junket for some, a serious buying opportunity for others!

  • She even had some junket for pudding which she avowed she had not tasted for " nigh on thirty years " .

  • 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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Words Starting With

JJUJUN

Words Ending With

TETKET

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With J and Ending With T

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Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With J6 Letter Words Ending With T