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junket
[ juhng-kit ]
noun
- a sweet, custardlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet.
- a pleasure excursion, as a picnic or outing.
- a trip, as by an official or legislative committee, paid out of public funds and ostensibly to obtain information.
verb (used without object)
- to go on a junket.
verb (used with object)
- to entertain; feast; regale.
junket
/ ˈ»åÏôʌŋ°ìɪ³Ù /
noun
- an excursion, esp one made for pleasure at public expense by a public official or committee
- a sweet dessert made of flavoured milk set to a curd with rennet
- a feast or festive occasion
verb
- intr (of a public official, committee, etc) to go on a junket
- to have or entertain with a feast or festive gathering
Derived Forms
- ˈÂá³Ü²Ô°ì±ð³Ù±ð°ù, noun
- ˈÂá³Ü²Ô°ì±ð³Ù¾±²Ô²µ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- Âá³Ü²Ôk±ð³Ù·±ð°ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of junket1
Example Sentences
However, the cast are taking part in a few select sit-down interviews with some outlets as part of a press junket which is taking place this week.
I find it deeply personal to photograph someone in their own home: There is a level of comfort and intimacy that comes through that you can’t always capture at a press junket in a ballroom.
But these trips continue to be criticized as “junkets,†because they are funded and attended by special interest groups.
She loved the rush of promotion and press junkets, moving from five-star hotel to five-star hotel, a massive shift from her time as a theater actor.
He visited Israel for 10 days on a literary junket run by critics of Israel and returned to write, by his own account, a one-sided, wholly impressionistic indictment of the country.
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