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junket

[ juhng-kit ]

noun

  1. a sweet, custardlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet.
  2. a pleasure excursion, as a picnic or outing.
  3. a trip, as by an official or legislative committee, paid out of public funds and ostensibly to obtain information.


verb (used without object)

  1. to go on a junket.

verb (used with object)

  1. to entertain; feast; regale.

junket

/ ˈ»åÏôʌŋ°ìɪ³Ù /

noun

  1. an excursion, esp one made for pleasure at public expense by a public official or committee
  2. a sweet dessert made of flavoured milk set to a curd with rennet
  3. a feast or festive occasion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr (of a public official, committee, etc) to go on a junket
  2. to have or entertain with a feast or festive gathering
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈÂá³Ü²Ô°ì±ð³Ù±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈÂá³Ü²Ô°ì±ð³Ù¾±²Ô²µ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • Âá³Ü²Ôk±ð³Ù·±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of junket1

1350–1400; Middle English jonket < Old French (dial.) jonquette rush basket, equivalent to jonc (< Latin juncus reed) + -ette -ette
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of junket1

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

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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.

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But these trips continue to be criticized as “junkets,†because they are funded and attended by special interest groups.

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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.

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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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