junketing

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

junketing - taking an excursion for pleasure travel, traveling, travelling - the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"

Translations

junketing [ˈdʒʌŋkɪtɪŋ] N (also junketings) → festividades fpl, fiestas fpl

junketing

n

(old, hum, = merrymaking) → Festivitäten pl (esp hum), → Lustbarkeit f (old, hum)

(= trips at public expense) → (Vergnügungs)reisen pl → auf Staatskosten

junketing [ˈdʒʌŋkɪtɪŋ] n (fam, pej) to go junketing → fare bisboccia; (trip) → farsi un viaggetto pagato (dallo stato)

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junketing [ˈdʒʌŋkɪtɪŋ] n (fam, pej) to go junketing → fare bisboccia; (trip) → farsi un viaggetto pagato (dallo stato)