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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
/ ˈdʒʌŋkɪt /
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
- ˈjunketer, noun
- ˈjunketing, noun
Other Words From
- junket·er noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of junket1
Example Sentences
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.
“They have a nice little junket for a couple of weeks, they hear a couple of cases and then they’re flown out again,” he said.
At a press junket for her new sci-fi movie Atlas last week, Lopez dismissed a question concerning reports of problems with her marriage.
Movie stars, however, are still forced to run the promotional gauntlet, taking part in the endless junket interviews and red carpet appearances written into their contracts.
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