Definitions of junket [ˈdʒʌŋ kɪt]

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Definition of 'junket'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) junket
a custardlike dessert of flavored milk curdled with rennet.

2. junket
a pleasure excursion:
a junket down the Mississippi.

3. junket
a trip taken by a government official at public expense, ostensibly for the purpose of obtaining information.

4. (v.i.) junket
to go on a junket:
Congressmen junketing in Asia.

5. (v.t.) junket
to entertain; feast; regale.

Etymology: (1425–75; ME jonket rush basket < OF (dial.) jonquette=jonc (< L juncus reed) +-ette -ette)

Definition of 'junket'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) junket
dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet

2. (noun) excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
a journey taken for pleasure
"many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"

3. (verb) junket
a trip taken by an official at public expense

4. (verb) junketeer, junket
go on a pleasure trip

5. (verb) feast, banquet, junket
provide a feast or banquet for

6. (verb) feast, banquet, junket
partake in a feast or banquet

Definition of 'junket'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) junket
a cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food

2. (noun) junket
a feast; an entertainment

3. (verb) junket
to feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost

4. (verb) junket
to give entertainment to; to feast

Translation of 'junket'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a dish made of curdled and sweetened milk.
Afrikaans: strem, soet dikmelk	Arabic: حَلْوى مُعَدَّه من الحليب	Bulgarian: извара
Brazilian: coalhada	Czech: oslazené sedlé mléko	German: süße Quarkspeise
Greek: γλύκισμα φτιαγμένο με πηγ	Spanish: leche cuajada	Estonian: kohupiimast ja koorest ma
Farsi: شیر دلمه شده که با شکر می	Finnish: herajuusto	French: (lait) caillé
Hebrew: חָבִיצָה	Hindi: जनता के खर्च पर किसी अफसर	Croatian: skuta
Hungarian: kb. gyümölcsjoghurt	Indonesian: bubur susu	Icelandic: bragðbætt og sykruð súrmj
Italian: cagliata	Japanese: 乳製品の一種	Korean: 응유(凝乳) 식품
Lithuanian: saldžios varškės patiekal	Latvian: salds biezpiens ar garšvi	Malay: dadih
Dutch: kwark	Norwegian: kalvedans	Polish: legumina mleczna
Persian: شیر دلمه شده که با شکر می	Pashto: خوږې مستې:پوڅه، ميلمستيا(	Portuguese: coalhada
Romanian: brânză dulce de vacă cu n	Russian: сладкий творог со сливкам	Slovak: osladené sadnuté mlieko
Slovenian: jed iz sladkane skute	Serbian: jelo od zgrušanog, zaslađ	Swedish: kvarg
Thai: นมข้นหวาน	Turkish: kesilmiş süt tatlısı	Taiwanese: 凝乳甜食
Ukrainian: солодкий сирок	Urdu: جمے ہوئے دودھ وغیرہ سے تی	Vietnamese: sữa đông
Chinese: 凝乳甜食品
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