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.

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Origin of junket

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

OTHER WORDS FROM junket

jun·ket·er, noun

Words nearby junket

junk DNA, junker, Junkerdom, Junkerism, Junkers, junket, junketeer, junk food, junkie, junk jewelry, junk mail

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How to use junket in a sentence

On board, according to Racer magazine, he hosted junkets for journalists where he served “Moscow martinis” — a thumbful of caviar washed down with vodka.
When You’re a Billionaire, Your Hobbies Can Slash Your Tax Bill|by Paul Kiel, Jesse Eisinger and Jeff Ernsthausen|December 8, 2021|ProPublica
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
At the Analyze This press junket, a writer told the director that his niche had become “goofy redemption comedy.”
Harold Ramis’s ‘Groundhog Day’ Is About as Perfect as a Movie Gets|Malcolm Jones|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When do you arrive in this favorite land of yours for you Okie junket?
Leonard Bernstein Asked About Hemingway, So Martha Gellhorn Set the Record Straight|Leonard Bernstein, Martha Gellhorn|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mila Kunis beguiled a nervous BBC radio interviewer during a London press junket on Monday.
Shaq, Rand Paul, Mila Kunis, and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|March 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the evening dont take cream, strawberries, or junket, unless you eat hard cheese with them.
Early English Meals and Manners|Various
Dissolve the junket tablets in the cold water and add to the lukewarm milk.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Add the flavoring and the green coloring, making the junket a pale green, and stand in a warm place until set.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
If the fruit used is permissible in the diet of an invalid, its combination with junket adds variety to the diet.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
In the making of this dessert, all juice should be carefully drained from the fruit before the junket is poured over it.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

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 of junket

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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