jungle
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gəl noun
1.
a wild land overgrown with dense vegetation, often nearly impenetrable, especially tropical vegetation or a tropical rain forest.
2.
a tract of such land.
3.
a wilderness of dense overgrowth; a piece of swampy, thickset forestland.
4.
any confused mass or agglomeration of objects; jumble: a jungle of wrecked automobiles.
5.
something that baffles or perplexes; maze: a jungle of legal double-talk.
Origin:
1770–80; < Hindi jaṅgal < Pali, Prakrit jaṅgala rough, waterless place
1770–80; < Hindi jaṅgal < Pali, Prakrit jaṅgala rough, waterless place
Related forms
jun·gled, adjective
un·der·jun·gle, noun
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Jungle, The
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a novel (1906) by Upton Sinclair.
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jungle (ˈdʒʌŋɡəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an equatorial forest area with luxuriant vegetation, often almost impenetrable |
| 2. | any dense or tangled thicket or growth |
| 3. | a place of intense competition or ruthless struggle for survival: the concrete jungle |
| 4. | a type of fast electronic dance music, originating in the early 1990s, which combines elements of techno and ragga |
| 5. | slang (US) (esp in the Depression) a gathering place for the unemployed, etc |
| [C18: from Hindi jangal, from Sanskrit jāngala wilderness] | |
| 'jungly | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
jungle
1776, from Hindi jangal "desert, forest, wasteland, uncultivated ground," from Skt. jangala-s "arid, sparsely grown with trees," of unknown origin. Specific sense of "land overgrown by vegetation in a wild, tangled mass" is first recorded 1849; meaning "place notoriously lawless and violent" is first
recorded 1906, from Upton Sinclair's novel (cf. asphalt jungle, 1949; blackboard jungle, 1954). Jungle gym was a trademark name, 1923, by Junglegym Inc., Chicago, U.S. Jungle bunny, derogatory for "black person," attested from 1966.
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jungle definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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When alex gets to a section of the game with jungle, he is able to kill a snake.
There is also a tower located nearby that contains some jungle wasps.
Typical jungle animals, particularly tigers and leopards, are common in burma.
The village is situated in a mountainous area with jungle surroundings.
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