JUNKETS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Junket

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈdʒʌŋkɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:

attend or go on a trip or celebration at public expense

Short Definition:

attend or go on trip or celebration at public expense

Examples:
  • the mayor junketed off to Christchurch for a cricket match last week

Word: Junket

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

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)

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈdʒʌŋkɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:

an extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense

Short Definition:

extravagant trip or celebration

Examples:
  • the latest row over city council junkets
Definition:

a dish of sweetened and flavoured curds of milk

Short Definition:

dish of sweetened and flavoured curds of milk

Examples:
  • a plate of junket

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