junket

jun·ket  (jngkt)

n.

1. A dessert made from flavored milk and rennet.

2. A party, banquet, or outing.

3. A trip or tour, especially:

a. One taken by an official at public expense.

b. One taken by a person who is the guest of a business or agency seeking favor or patronage.

v. jun·ket·ed, jun·ket·ing, jun·kets

v.intr.

1. To hold a party or banquet.

2. To go on a junket.

v.tr.

To fete at a party or banquet.

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[Middle English jonket, rush basket, a kind of food served on rushes, feast, from Old North French jonquette, rush basket (probably from jonc, rush,) or from Medieval Latin iuncta, rush basket, both from Latin iuncus, rush.]

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junket·er n.

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junket [ˈdʒʌŋkɪt]

n

1. an excursion, esp one made for pleasure at public expense by a public official or committee

2. (Cookery) a sweet dessert made of flavoured milk set to a curd with rennet

3. a feast or festive occasion

vb

1. (intr) (of a public official, committee, etc.) to go on a junket

2. to have or entertain with a feast or festive gathering

[C14 (in the sense: rush basket, hence custard served on rushes): from Old French (dialect) jonquette, from jonc rush, from Latin juncus reed]

junketer , junketter, junketeer n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	junket - dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet afters, dessert, sweet - a dish served as the last course of a meal
	2.	junket - a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, excursion, sashay, expedition 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" field trip - a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination
	3.	junket - a trip taken by an official at public expense trip - a journey for some purpose (usually including the return); "he took a trip to the shopping center"
Verb	1.	junket - go on a pleasure trip junketeer jaunt, travel, trip - make a trip for pleasure
	2.	junket - provide a feast or banquet for banquet, feast feast, banquet, junket - partake in a feast or banquet host - be the host of or for; "We hosted 4 couples last night"
	3.	junket - partake in a feast or banquet feast, banquet eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" banquet, feast, junket - provide a feast or banquet for wine and dine - eat sumptuously; "we wined and dined in Paris"

Translations

junket [ˈdʒʌŋkɪt]

A. N

1. (Culin) → dulce m de leche cuajada, cajeta f (LAm)

2. (= party) → fiesta f

3. (US) (= excursion at public expense) viaje de placer realizado por un funcionario público o miembro de un comité a expensas del contribuyente

B. VI → ir de juerga, estar de fiesta

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junket [ˈdʒʌŋkɪt] n

(= milk pudding) → lait m caillé

(British) (= trip) to go on a junket → voyager aux frais de la princesse
junk food n → snacks sans valeur nutritive)mpl vite prêts >
to eat junk food → manger des cochonneries >
junk heap n → dépotoir m

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junket

n

(Cook) → Dickmilch f

(old, hum: = merrymaking) → Gelage nt, → Fest nt, → Lustbarkeit f (old, hum)

(= trip at public expense) → (Vergnügungs)reise f → auf Staatskosten

vi (old, hum) → ein Gelage abhalten

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junket [ˈdʒʌŋkɪt] n

a. (fam, pej) to go on a junket → fare bisboccia; (trip) → farsi un viaggetto pagato (dallo stato)

b. (Culin) → giuncata

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junket [ˈdʒʌŋkɪt] n

a. (fam, pej) to go on a junket → fare bisboccia; (trip) → farsi un viaggetto pagato (dallo stato)

b. (Culin) → giuncata

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junket

n junket [ˈdpzaŋkit]

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