junket

Meaning of junket

noun
  1. an extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense.
    the latest row over city council junkets
  2. a dish of sweetened and flavoured curds of milk.
    a plate of junket
verb
  1. attend or go on a trip or celebration at public expense.
    the mayor junketed off to Christchurch for a cricket match last week

late Middle English: from Old French jonquette ‘rush basket’, from jonc ‘rush’, from Latin juncus . Originally denoting a rush basket, especially one for fish (remaining in dialect use), the term also denoted a cream cheese, formerly made in a rush basket or served on a rush mat. A later extended sense, ‘feast, merrymaking’, gave rise to junket (sense 1 of the noun).

Information about junket

  • The plural form of junket is: junkets.
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Hyphenation of junket

jun-ket

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • junket is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

junket synonyms

Meaning excursion:

excursion, jaunt, outing, expedition, sashay

Meaning junketeer:

junketeer

Meaning feast:

feast, banquet

Meaning the action of celebrating an important day or event:

celebration

Meaning a social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment:

party

Meaning a large celebration or party, typically a lavish and boisterous one:

jamboree

Meaning the celebration of something in a joyful and exuberant way:

festivity

Meaning lively and noisy festivities, especially when these involve drinking a large amount of alcohol:

revelry

Meaning a spell or sustained period of unrestrained activity of a particular kind:

spree

Meaning a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure:

trip

Meaning a party or other social event:

do

Meaning a heavy blow:

bash

Meaning a noisy disturbance or quarrel:

shindy

Meaning a large, lively party, especially one celebrating something:

shindig

Meaning a matter, operation, or set of circumstances:

shebang

Meaning a celebratory party with plentiful food and drink:

beanfeast

Meaning a party or celebration:

jolly

Meaning a violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing:

thrash

Meaning a party:

beano

Meaning a party or celebration; a revel:

shivoo

Words that rhyme with junket

Biliblanket, banket, blanket, lanket, overblanket, ranket, underblanket, betrinket, inket, jinket, trinket, blunket, sunket, tunket, unket

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