Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A trip or tour, especially.
- noun One taken by an official at public expense.
- noun One taken by a person who is the guest of a business or agency seeking favor or patronage.
- noun A party, banquet, or outing.
- noun A dessert made from flavored milk and rennet.
- intransitive verb To go on a junket.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A basket made of rushes.
- noun A long basket for catching fish.
- noun Curds mixed with cream, sweetened, and flavored.
- noun Hence Any sweetmeat or delicacy.
- noun A feast or merrymaking; a convivial entertainment; a picnic.
- To feast; banquet; take part in a convivial entertainment.
- To entertain; feast; regale.
- noun Milk artificially coagulated with rennet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.
- noun A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.
- noun A feast; an entertainment.
- noun A trip made at the expense of an organization of which the traveller is an official, ostensibly to obtain information relevant to one's duties; especially, a trip made by a public official at government expense. The term is sometimes used opprobriously, from a belief that such trips are often taken for private pleasure, and are therefore a waste of public money.
- transitive verb To give entertainment to; to feast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
basket . - noun A type of
cream cheese , originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetenedcurds orrennet . - noun A
feast orbanquet . - 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.
- noun gaming 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.
- verb To go on or attend a junket.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb provide a feast or banquet for
- noun a trip taken by an official at public expense
- verb go on a pleasure trip
- noun dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
- verb partake in a feast or banquet
- noun a journey taken for pleasure
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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E in a gambling sense, a junket is a cheap or free trip to a casino or similar establishment on the guarantee that players will gamble for a specific period of time or wager a specific amount of money.
Think Progress » Cheney’s handwritten notes on Wilson revealed. 2006
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But it turns out the junket is the least of the story, because after the trip NAFTASib also gave money to the U.S.
Think Progress » DeLay: ‘I Cannot Run For Office’ In Texas, ‘I’m Ineligible’ 2006
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It's what you call a junket -- you know, entertainment and gambling and shit.
American Tabloid Ellroy, James, 1948- 1995
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Your Australian junket is no different than the Jay Miller junkets in Argentina or Australia.
The state of Australian wine – and Landmark Australia | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Yesterday, PubliCola learned that the junket is just one of several Gallagher has taken at public expense this year.
Extra Fizz: Parks Head Went On Other Junkets, Put House Up for Sale « PubliCola 2010
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Serve immediately — if the junket is left to stand it will become curdled and separate from the whey.
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Expect more in the near future since a major press junket is upcoming.
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Serve immediately — if the junket is left to stand it will become curdled and separate from the whey.
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I think junket is a great dessert and worth trying
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I never realized how junket is prepared much like yogurt.
brtom commented on the word junket
Today the bards must drink and junket.
Joyce, Ulysses, 1
December 29, 2006
seanahan commented on the word junket
I think I've only heard this word preceding "press".
December 29, 2006
knitandpurl commented on the word junket
also, a dessert
September 26, 2007
treeseed commented on the word junket
My grandmother used to make junket for dessert. It was kind of gross, like runny pudding.
February 6, 2008
sionnach commented on the word junket
Is it like blancmange?
February 6, 2008