n. & v.
--n.
1. a dish of sweetened and flavoured curds, often served with fruit or cream.
2 a feast.
3 a pleasure outing.
4 US an official's tour at public expense.
--v.intr. (junketed, junketing)
Derivatives:
junketing n.
Etymology: ME jonket f. OF jonquette rush-basket (used to carry junket) f. jonc rush f. L juncus