English Dictionary

junket

/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkɪt/

noun

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 / A type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds or rennet.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

She carried a junket filled with fruits.

意味（1）

(obsolete) A basket.

意味（2）

A type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds or rennet.

I love your meads, and I love your flowers, / And I love your junkets mainly ….

意味（3）

(obsolete) A delicacy.

[…] though bride and bridegroom wants

For to supply the places at the table,

[…] though bride and bridegroom wants For to supply the places at the table, You know there wants no junkets at the feast.

意味（4）

A feast or banquet.

Conversation is the natural Junket of the Mind ; and most Men have an Appetite to it, once in the day at least ….

意味（5）

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

意味（6）

A press junket.

An entertainment reporter who is a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Freeman made comments about her skirt and her legs during two different junkets.

意味（7）

(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.