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junket

[ juhng-kit ]

noun

  1. a sweet, custardlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet.
  2. a pleasure excursion, as a picnic or outing.
  3. a trip, as by an official or legislative committee, paid out of public funds and ostensibly to obtain information.


verb (used without object)

  1. to go on a junket.

verb (used with object)

  1. to entertain; feast; regale.

junket

/ ˈdʒʌŋkɪt /

noun

  1. an excursion, esp one made for pleasure at public expense by a public official or committee
  2. a sweet dessert made of flavoured milk set to a curd with rennet
  3. a feast or festive occasion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr (of a public official, committee, etc) to go on a junket
  2. to have or entertain with a feast or festive gathering
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈjunketer, noun
  • ˈjunketing, noun
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Other Words From

  • junket·er noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of junket1

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

Origin of junket1

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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Example Sentences

China has deepened its crackdown on junket operators catering to its wealthiest gamblers.

From Quartz

On board, according to Racer magazine, he hosted junkets for journalists where he served “Moscow martinis” — a thumbful of caviar washed down with vodka.

The only downside for the Congressman was if their junket became public.

On a Congressional junket, paid for by a private party, you have tens of hours of exclusive time with a Congressmen.

At the Analyze This press junket, a writer told the director that his niche had become “goofy redemption comedy.”

When do you arrive in this favorite land of yours for you Okie junket?

Mila Kunis beguiled a nervous BBC radio interviewer during a London press junket on Monday.

In the evening dont take cream, strawberries, or junket, unless you eat hard cheese with them.

Dissolve the junket tablets in the cold water and add to the lukewarm milk.

Add the flavoring and the green coloring, making the junket a pale green, and stand in a warm place until set.

If the fruit used is permissible in the diet of an invalid, its combination with junket adds variety to the diet.

In the making of this dessert, all juice should be carefully drained from the fruit before the junket is poured over it.

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