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The Meaning of junket

  • (n.) A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.
  • (n.) A feast; an entertainment.
  • (v. i.) To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.
  • (v. t.) To give entertainment to; to feast.

Synonyms

outing , expedition , sashay , excursion , pleasure trip , jaunt , dispatch , digression , picnic , chasse , field day , hostile expedition , despatch , expeditiousness , military expedition , junketeer , banquet , feast , feed

Rhymes

lynchet , whinchat , zincate