1. A journey taken for pleasure
   "many summer junkets to the shore";
   - excursion, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay [N. Amer]
    
2. A trip taken by an official at public expense
   "The senator's junket to Europe was criticized as a waste of taxpayer money"
    
3. Dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
   "The old-fashioned recipe book included instructions for making junket"

1. Go on a pleasure trip
   "The politicians junketed at the taxpayers' expense";
   - junketeer [informal]
    
2. Partake in a feast or banquet
   "The diplomats junketed at the state dinner";
   - feast, banquet
    
3. Provide a feast or banquet for
   "The company junketed its employees at the annual holiday party";
   - feast, banquet

Derived forms: junkets, junketed, junketing

Type of: afters [Brit, informal], dessert, eat, host, jaunt, journey, journeying, sweet [Brit], travel, trip

Encyclopedia: Junket