/
ˈdʒʌŋkɪt/
n.
- a dish of sweetened and flavoured curds of milk.
- informal an extravagant trip, especially one by an official at public expense.
v.
(junkets, junketing, junketed)
[
often as noun junketing]
informal go on a trip at public expense.
Etymology
ME (denoting cream cheese, formerly made in a rush basket, later a feast): from OFr. jonquette ‘rush basket’, from jonc ‘rush’, from L. juncus.
