Jun"ket (?), n. [Formerly also juncate, fr. It. giuncata cream cheese, made in a wicker or rush basket, fr. L. juncus a rush. See 2d Junk, and cf. Juncate.]

1. A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.

How Faery Mab the junkets eat.

Victuals varied well in taste,
And other junkets.

2. A feast; an entertainment.

A new jaunt or junket every night.

Jun"ket, v. i. To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost.

Job's children junketed and feasted together often.

Jun"ket, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Junketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Junketing.] To give entertainment to; to feast.

The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to junket her neighbors.

• feast, banquet
  
• picnic
  
• dessert of flavored milk and rennet; also, the brand name of a specific line of deserts of that type.
  
• a trip or errand made by an public official at public expense with dubious public benefit