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Junket

Junket Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Junket? [n] a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [n] dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet [v] partake in a feast or banquet [v] provide a feast or banquet for [v] go on a junket Synonyms \| Synonyms for Junket: banquet \| excursion \| expedition \| feast \| jaunt \| outing \| pleasure trip \| sashay Related Terms \| Find terms related to Junket: campaign \| carrot pudding \| Charlotte \| chocolate mousse \| circuit \| course \| custard \| duff \| excursion \| expedition \| flan \| grand tour \| jaunt \| journey \| mousse \| outing \| package tour \| peregrination \| pilgrimage \| pleasure trip \| plum pudding \| progress \| pudding \| rennet \| round trip \| roundabout \| rubberneck tour \| run \| safari \| sally \| shoot \| stalk \| steamed pudding \| syllabub \| tapioca pudding \| tour \| trek \| trifle \| trip \| turn \| vanilla pudding \| voyage See Also \| airing \| dessert \| eat \| field trip \| host \| jaunt \| journey \| journeying \| travel \| trip \| wine and dine Junket In Webster's Dictionary \Jun"ket\, n. [Formerly also juncate, fr. It. giuncata cream cheese, made in a wicker or rush basket, fr. L. juncus a rush. See 2d {Junk}, and cf. {Juncate}.] 1. A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food. How Faery Mab the junkets eat. -- Milton. Victuals varied well in taste, And other junkets. -- Chapman. 2. A feast; an entertainment. A new jaunt or junket every night. -- Thackeray. \Jun"ket\, v. i. To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost. Job's children junketed and feasted together often. -- South. \Jun"ket\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Junketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Junketing}.] To give entertainment to; to feast. The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to junket her neighbors. -- Walpole.

Junket Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Junket?

[n] a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
[n] dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
[v] partake in a feast or banquet
[v] provide a feast or banquet for
[v] go on a junket

Junket In Webster's Dictionary

\Jun"ket\, n. [Formerly also juncate, fr. It. giuncata
cream cheese, made in a wicker or rush basket, fr. L. juncus
a rush. See 2d {Junk}, and cf. {Juncate}.]
1. A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.

         How Faery Mab the junkets eat.        -- Milton.

         Victuals varied well in taste, And other junkets. --
                                               Chapman.

2. A feast; an entertainment.

         A new jaunt or junket every night.    -- Thackeray.


\Jun"ket\, v. i.
To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes
applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the
public cost.

      Job's children junketed and feasted together often. --
                                               South.


\Jun"ket\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Junketed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Junketing}.]
To give entertainment to; to feast.

      The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was
      in such a hurry to junket her neighbors. -- Walpole.

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