junket
/'dʤʌɳkit/
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Definition
Noun:
- A trip or journey taken for pleasure: A "junket" is a trip, often a short one, made for enjoyment or recreation.
- A trip taken by an official at public expense: In a more critical sense, a "junket" can refer to a trip made by a government official or corporate executive, paid for by public or company funds, often perceived as a pleasure trip disguised as business.
- A type of dessert: A sweet, custard-like dessert made from sweetened milk that has been thickened or curdled, often with rennet.
Verb:
- To go on a pleasure trip: To travel for enjoyment, especially on a short excursion.
- To feast or banquet: To partake in or provide a lavish meal or party.
Examples of Usage
Noun (Pleasure Trip):
- The company organized a weekend junket to the coast for its top employees.
- Their trip to the wine country was more of a fun junket than a serious business tour.
Noun (Official Trip):
- The senator was criticized for taking a taxpayer-funded junket to a tropical resort.
- The newspaper exposed the corporate junkets disguised as "fact-finding missions."
Noun (Dessert):
- For dessert, they served a light lemon junket with fresh berries.
Verb (To go on a trip):
- The executives junketed to the conference in Las Vegas.
- After the meeting, they planned to junket around the Italian countryside.
Verb (To feast):
- The nobles junketed for three days to celebrate the king's coronation.
Advanced Usage
- The term "junket" often carries a negative connotation when referring to official or business trips, implying frivolity, waste, or a misuse of funds. The context is crucial for understanding the speaker's intent.
Variants and Related Words
- Junketeer (noun): A person who goes on a junket, especially one of the criticized official trips.
- The veteran political junketeer knew all the best hotels.
Synonyms
- Noun (Trip): Excursion, outing, pleasure trip, spree, jaunt.
- Noun (Official Trip): Boondoggle (informal, critical), fact-finding trip (often euphemistic).
- Verb (To feast): Banquet, feast, revel, carouse.
Related Phrases
To be on a junket: To be participating in such a trip.
- Half the committee is on a junket in Europe this week.
A junket for: A trip organized for a specific group.
- The lobbyists hosted a junket for influential journalists.
Noun
- a trip taken by an official at public expense
- a journey taken for pleasure
- many summer excursions to the shore
- it was merely a pleasure trip
- after cautious sashays into the field
- dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
Verb
- partake in a feast or banquet
- provide a feast or banquet for
- go on a pleasure trip