Definition of junket Junket

/ʤʌˈŋkɪt/ - [jungkit] - jun•ket

We found 17 definitions of junket from 6 different sources.

What does junket mean?

Noun Plural: junkets
junket - a trip taken by an official at public expense
junket - dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
junket - a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
		excursion, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
		journey, journeying the act of traveling from one place to another
		airing a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air; "he took the dogs for an airing"

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junket (Noun)
A basket.
junket (Noun)
A type of cream cheese , originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds or rennet.
junket (Noun)
A delicacy.
junket (Noun)
A feast or banquet.
junket (Noun)
A pleasure-trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.
junket (Noun)
20-40 table gaming rooms for which the capacity and limits change daily. Junket rooms are often rented out to private vendors who run tour groups through them and give a portion of the proceeds to the main casino.
junket (Verb)
To go on or attend a junket.

junket (n.)
A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.
junket (n.)
A feast; an entertainment.
junket (v. i.)
To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.
junket (v. t.)
To give entertainment to; to feast.

junket
jung′ket, n. any sweetmeat or delicacy: curds mixed with cream, sweetened and flavoured: a feast or merrymaking, a picnic, a spree.—v.i. to feast, banquet, take part in a convivial entertainment or spree.—v.t. to feast, regale, entertain:—pr.p. junketing; pa.p. jun′keted.—n. Junk′eting, a merry feast or entertainment, picnicking. [It. guincata—L. juncus, a rush.]

junket
A long basket for catching fish.--Junketting, good cheer and hearty jollification.

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