Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation.
- n. A dense thicket or growth.
- n. A dense, confused mass; a jumble.
- n. Something made up of many confused elements; a bewildering complex or maze: sorting through the jungle of regulations.
- n. A place or milieu characterized by intense, often ruthless competition or struggle for survival: the corporate jungle.
- n. Slang A place where hoboes camp.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A dense growth of rank and tangled vegetation, large and small, often nearly impenetrable, such as is characteristic of some parts of India, especially in the swampy regions at the base of the Himalaya mountains.
- n. A tract of land covered by such vegetation; a wilderness of dense overgrowth; a piece of swampy thickset forest-land.
Wiktionary
- n. A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals.
- n. colloquial A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.
- n. slang An area where hobos camp together.
- n. uncountable A style of electronic music related to drum and bass.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.
- n. A place of danger or ruthless competition for survival.
- n. Anything which causes confusion or difficulty due to intricacy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an impenetrable equatorial forest
- n. a place where hoboes camp
- n. a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
Etymologies
- 1776, via Hindi जंगल and Urdu جنگل (jangal), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, "arid, sterile, desert"). (Wiktionary)
- Ultimately from Sanskrit jaṅgalam, desert, wasteland, uncultivated area, from jaṅgala-, desert, waste. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A growing cadre of integrative medicine professionals recognizes the acronym jungle of the emerging ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations) and PCMHs (Patient Centered Medical Homes) as a fertile host for mushrooming use of integrative care.”
“All you need in the jungle is a pair of jeans and a pair of khaki's (at the top of the continental divide, even at 9 degrees over equator is usually too cold for shorts and a teeshirt), rubber boots, a fllece top and a rain poncho.”
“The Bolivian jungle is a dorado dream destination, but it's certainly harsh on the angler.”
“From what I've been told, viruses are more of a concern South of the border, in jungle areas.”
“For the rule of the jungle is first fear, and then hunger and thirst.”
“I see so many republicans here always use freedom as an excuse to say anything ... breaking news ... have you heard people in jungle have better freedom than you?”
“Among the "celebrities" being dropped into the Costa Rican jungle is the wife of indicted former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who was forced to withdraw himself when a judge nixed his invitation.”
“They're trained in jungle fighting and they find themselves isolated in these buildings and largely abandoned city.”
“In the first shade, where the savannah yielded to the dense mountain jungle, he had collapsed to die.”
“I have attached a picture of him in jungle fatigues and a boonie hat.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jungle’.
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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music genre
list of music genres - anything. even the most obscure sub-genres of sub-genres
twee pop, indie, shoegaze, doo-wop, punk, rock, jazz, pop, classical, hard rock, emo, goth and 190 more...
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Nature and Environment
north, east, west, mountain, sea, beach, river, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, island and 205 more...
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Words that relate to Pandas
panda-like, attack, bamboo, China, endangered, bear, forest, jungle, canopy, cub, play, roll and 10 more...
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Unwording
Outlawed words and books, like this.
samizdat, satanic verses, profanity, oriental, antilanguage, biddy, aviatrix, squaw, deaf-mute, border patrolman, cassandra, niggardly and 45 more...
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Impossible Snow Globes
Scenes that do not lend themselves to having downy snowflakes swirling around.
Sonoran Desert, Sahara, aquarium, my kitchen, Vegas, Honolulu, yule log, Gone With the Win..., tranquility base, Morton Stanley me..., Mos Eisley Cantina, Burning Man and 19 more...
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Lingu-list
Words from other languages that are used, or would work well, in English. Also known as "loanwords."
hikikomori, ersatz, angst, barbecue, algebra, macho, burlesque, garage, voyeurism, avatar, jungle, looting and 17 more...
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VNCle
N stands for 'nasal', not 'n'
pimple, bungle, spindle, handle, amble, humble, simple, dimple, winkle, tinkle, single, dingle and 53 more...
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Scrabble words which start with the l...
juvenile, juvenal, jutty, jute, jut, justness, justly, justle, justify, justice, juster, just and 534 more...
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Tunie: Word Disassociation
(I'm fairly sure that I'm subverting the whole concept of the Tunie by listing this song. Subversion! Yes! HA HA HA HA! Mine is an evil laugh!!!)
Word Disassociation
antidisestablishm..., quickly, ruby, bionic, about, crouch, a cappella, imposter, flames, distraction, murderous, over and 181 more...
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Words I like
This is a list of my favourite words (phrases) in english, as a second language. I love them mostly because of how they sound and their meaning.
ninja, cookie, skill, zip, plentiful, digg, debris, pancake, cucumber, fetch, pot, backpack and 461 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Landscape
riparian, littoral, talus, fen, ambit, savanna, remnant prairie, shortgrass prairie, tallgrass prairie, marsh, swamp, marshy and 199 more...
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fbharjo's Words
jumelle, kef, kenspeckle, lautitious, essentic, pilpulistic, impavid, cicurant, clou, chrysostomic, miasma, teleology and 1625 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Words That Populate My Mind
This is a collection of words I love, old ones that I love the sound of when I repeat them for years and new ones coined in news articles on up and coming trends and technologies - most of them I k...
aroma, mojo, blithely, fringe, fray, synchronicity, doublespeak, buzzword, thoughtcrime, portmanteau, newspeak, oldspeak and 963 more...
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