junket

[ juhng-kit ]

/ ˈdʒʌŋ kɪt /

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noun

a sweet, custardlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet.

a pleasure excursion, as a picnic or outing.

a trip, as by an official or legislative committee, paid out of public funds and ostensibly to obtain information.

verb (used without object)

to go on a junket.

verb (used with object)

to entertain; feast; regale.

RELATED WORDS

excursion, outing, journey

Nearby words

junk shot, junker, junkerdom, junkerism, junkers, junket, junketeer, junkie, junkman, junky, junkyard

Origin of junket

1350–1400; Middle English jonket < Old French (dial.) jonquette rush basket, equivalent to jonc (< Latin juncus reed) + -ette -ette

Related forms

jun·ket·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for junket

The only downside for the Congressman was if their junket became public.
Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff On Congressional Travel Disclosure|Jack Abramoff|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On a Congressional junket, paid for by a private party, you have tens of hours of exclusive time with a Congressmen.
Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff On Congressional Travel Disclosure|Jack Abramoff|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I've been on exactly one 10-day junket to China, so I'm hardly qualified to answer that question.
The US China Accounting War||December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In an interview the day after the junket for The Town, Affleck resisted being neatly boxed into the comeback story narrative.
The 'New' Ben Affleck|Nicole LaPorte|September 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST

“It was like a performance,” Paltrow told an ITN reporter during the Two Lovers junket.
Joaquin Phoenix's Great Practical Joke|Gina Piccalo|August 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Devonshire cream, of course; and part of a large dish of junket, which is something like curds and whey.
The Adventures of A Brownie|Miss Mulock
In the evening dont take cream, strawberries, or junket, unless you eat hard cheese with them.
Early English Meals and Manners|Various
As junket will turn to whey if it is broken with a spoon to any extent, serving it in the mold is the better plan.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
On one occasion recently a local aldermanic junket had been arranged to visit Philadelphia—a junket that was to last ten days.
Sister Carrie|Theodore Dreiser
Stir the junket tablet in the cold water till it melts, and add this.
The Fun of Cooking|Caroline French Benton

British Dictionary definitions for junket

junket

/ (ˈdʒʌŋkɪt) /

noun

an excursion, esp one made for pleasure at public expense by a public official or committee

a sweet dessert made of flavoured milk set to a curd with rennet

a feast or festive occasion

verb

(intr) (of a public official, committee, etc) to go on a junket

to have or entertain with a feast or festive gathering

Derived Forms

junketer, junketter or junketeer, nounjunketing, noun

Word Origin for junket

C14 (in the sense: rush basket, hence custard served on rushes): from Old French (dialect) jonquette, from jonc rush, from Latin juncus reed

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