JUNKET

junket

(noun) a trip taken by an official at public expense

excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay

(noun) a journey taken for pleasure; “many summer excursions to the shore”; “it was merely a pleasure trip”; “after cautious sashays into the field”

junket

(noun) dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet

feast, banquet, junket

(verb) partake in a feast or banquet

feast, banquet, junket

(verb) provide a feast or banquet for

junketeer, junket

(verb) go on a pleasure trip

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

junket (plural junkets)

(obsolete) A basket.

A type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds or rennet.

(obsolete) A delicacy.

A feast or banquet.

A pleasure-trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.

A press junket.

(gambling) A gaming room for which the capacity and limits change daily, often rented out to private vendors who run tour groups through them and give a portion of the proceeds to the main casino.

Verb

junket (third-person singular simple present junkets, present participle junketting or junketing, simple past and past participle junketted or junketed)

(intransitive, dated) To attend a junket; to feast.

(intransitive) To go on a junket; to travel.

(transitive) To regale or entertain with a feast.

Synonyms

• (attend a junket): banquet

• (go on a junket): gallivant, jaunt

Source: Wiktionary

Jun"ket, n. Etym: [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.

Definition: 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.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition