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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024jun•ket /ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/USA pronunciation n. - Food[uncountable] a custardlike dessert of flavored milk and rennet.
- a pleasure trip or excursion:[countable]a junket down the Mississippi.
- Government[countable] a trip taken by a government official at public expense.
v. [no object] - Governmentto go on a junket:The Congressmen were junketing in Asia.
jun•ke•teer /ˌdʒʌŋkɪˈtɪr/USA pronunciation jun•ket•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jun•ket ( jung′kit),USA pronunciation n. - Fooda sweet, custardlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet.
- a pleasure excursion, as a picnic or outing.
- Governmenta trip, as by an official or legislative committee, paid out of public funds and ostensibly to obtain information.
v.i. - Governmentto go on a junket.
v.t. - to entertain;
feast;
regale.
- Latin juncus reed) + -ette -ette
- Old French (dialect, dialectal) jonquette rush basket, equivalent. to jonc (
- Middle English jonket 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: junket /ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/ n - 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
vb - (intransitive) (of a public official, committee, etc) to go on a junket
- to have or entertain with a feast or festive gathering
Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: rush basket, hence custard served on rushes): from Old French (dialect) jonquette, from jonc rush, from Latin juncus reedˈjunketing n |