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jun•gle



Pronunciation: ( jung'gul), [key]
—n.
1. a wild land overgrown with dense vegetation, often nearly impenetrable, esp. 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.
6. a scene of violence and struggle for survival: The neglected prison was a jungle for its inmates.
7. a place or situation of ruthless competition: the advertising jungle.
8. Slang.a hobo camp.

Jungle, The




a novel (1906) by Upton Sinclair.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

JungianJungle Books, The
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