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jungle

[juhng-guhl]

noun

a wild land overgrown with dense vegetation, often nearly impenetrable, especially tropical vegetation or a tropical rain forest.

a tract of such land.

a wilderness of dense overgrowth; a piece of swampy, thickset forestland.

any confused mass or agglomeration of objects; jumble: a jungle of wrecked automobiles.

something that baffles or perplexes; maze: a jungle of legal double-talk.

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a scene of violence and struggle for survival: The neglected prison was a jungle for its inmates.

a place or situation of ruthless competition: the advertising jungle.

Slang. a hobo camp.

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Origin:
1770–80; < Hindi jaṅgal < Pali, Prakrit jaṅgala rough, waterless place

Related forms

jun·gled, adjective

un·der·jun·gle, noun

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a closemouthed or uncommunicative person, especially one who keeps secrets well

a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; a source of annoying difficulty or burden; a recurring snag

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Example Sentences

In this far-fetched jungle adventure, a young boy is put on a plane for a visit to his estranged mother.

In some regions of the world, several species of snakes not only slither through the jungle but glide from tree to tree.

If you were to find yourself in the jungle without a mosquito net, slathering yourself in snot might be a good alternative.

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In this far-fetched jungle adventure, a young boy is put on a plane for a visit to his estranged mother.

In some regions of the world, several species of snakes not only slither through the jungle but glide from tree to tree.

If you were to find yourself in the jungle without a mosquito net, slathering yourself in snot might be a good alternative.

When it comes to navigation, touch is the new king of the jungle.

With security conditions ever better, huge areas of mountain forest and jungle have been opened up to scientific research.

The whisky was dependably drinkable even in jungle climes.

Kings of the corporate jungle may survive by using conflict and cooperation techniques honed by their primate relatives.

And unlike jungle or forest settings, deserts have considerably fewer organisms suited for the breakdown of animal tissues.

Obviously, he has spent too much time in the jungle and madness has overtaken him.

Keep one on display near an east-facing window, and it won't know it ever left the jungle.

The crux of it is a bold maneuver to blow up a jungle railway bridge.

It was to give a voice to the dead who have otherwise dissolved without trace in the steaming jungle.

Boardwalk trails wind through otherwise impenetrable swamp, jungle and wetland habitat.

Bring on the dumbwaiter that delivers drinks to you in the lobby, the jungle of palm trees, and the sangria tastings.

Even so, life is getting ever more uncomfortable for the bigger beasts of the corporate jungle.

Expect two to four hours of easy hiking each day and no sleeping on the jungle floor at night.

Folks from small towns and farms tend to see the only big town in the state as a paved jungle of noise, danger and depravity.

We're breaking into an elevated enemy base surrounded by jungle.

They are now trapped inside a contracting plot of jungle as the warring factions fight to the bitter end.

Tadpoles dive from their eggs into a dangerous jungle pool.

Soon people who hadn't been in touch since bonding on jungle battlefields a generation ago started corresponding.

Venezuela made him an honorary citizen after he traveled into the jungle to donate blood to a young snake-bitten boy.

But to casting directors during segregation she could only be a lady's maid or a jungle girl.

But it was definitely a cool element of climbing: totally jungle style.

Humankind has long sought to tame the jungle of knowledge and display it in a zoo of friendly facts.

Most of the population is concentrated in three mountain chains, and much of the flatter area is clothed in jungle.

The jungle is so thick that the treetops block light from the stars and moon.

Its frontiers have sprawled into the lush jungle and marsh of the mainland.

There have been rafters and mountain bikers, birders and divers, sea kayakers and jungle trekkers.

He hulloos his farewell to the other hunters-a sound that is itself watery in the suddenly darkening jungle.

Others bounce wildly down steep hills and explode across jungle trails.

He ventured into the jungle armed with a blowgun and poison darts.

It is a tough blow to a lion's pride when the jungle royalty must depend on humans for its reproductive success.

After that she got on a small plane and flew over the jungle for four hours.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

a novel (1906) by Upton Sinclair.

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World English Dictionary

jungle (ˈdʒʌŋɡ^əl)

—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

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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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Slang Dictionary

jungle definition

n.
a vicious area of confusion; the real world. : The place is a jungle out there. You'll grow up fast out there.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

jungle

see law of the jungle.