junket /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkɪt/noun 7verb 3forms 5 noun7 •A pleasure trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.It did strike him as odd, perhaps, that merchants did not dare to go on a junket or plan a congenial dinner without pretending to themselves that it had some business significance. — 1922 •Ellipsis of 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. — 2018 •A type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds.I love your meads, and I love your flowers, / And I love your junkets mainly […]. — 1818 •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 […]. — 1790 •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. •(no longer used) A delicacy.[…] though bride and bridegroom wants For to supply the places at the table, You know there wants no junkets at the feast. — 1590 •(no longer used) A basket. verb3 •To go on a junket; to travel.Together they made trips to town or junketed over the country in search of furniture and dishes of which Miss Sally had heard. — 1910 •To regale or entertain with a feast. •(old-fashioned) To attend a junket; to feast.Be careful that you wast not, or spoil your Ladies, or Mistresses goods, neither sit you up junketing a nights, after your Master and Mistress be abed. — 1677 formsjunketed · junketted · junketing · junketting · junkets
