jungle

Definition of jungle in English English dictionary: A style of electronic music; A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality
It’s a jungle out there.; The thickest, deepest, nastiest rough on the course; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil; {i} dense tropical forest; something baffling in it's complexity, labyrinth; jumble; competitive place; a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival; A jungle is a forest in a tropical country where large numbers of tall trees and plants grow very close together. the mountains and jungles of Papua New Guinea The mountain area is covered entirely in dense jungle; a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival an impenetrable equatorial forest; Any place where people behave ruthlessly and as if they are fighting for their lives; disapproval If you refer to the law of the jungle, you are referring to a situation in which there are no laws or rules to govern the way that people behave and people use force to get what they want. If you make aggression pay, this becomes the law of the jungle; A large, undeveloped, humid forest that is home to many wild plants and animals; a place where hoboes camp; emphasis If you describe a place as a jungle, you are emphasizing that it is full of lots of things and very untidy. a jungle of stuffed birds, knick-knacks, potted plants; disapproval If you describe a situation as a jungle, you dislike it because it is complicated and difficult to get what you want from it. Social security law and procedure remain a jungle of complex rules; A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc; A term that refers to how deep in the weeds one really is, i e "I'm so backed up I'm deep in the jungle"; an impenetrable equatorial forest; The name of the card set that was released after the Base Set; (aka: "jail") used to describe being in the middle of a lot of trees Also, any place where you don't want to be due to the growth (i e rough, fescue, etc ); n hutan rimba (hutan)
Jungle Carbine: The British Number 5 SMLE rifle, with a shortened barrel suitable for jungle warfare
jungle bunnies: plural form of jungle bunny
jungle bunny: A black person
jungle fever: Any of several tropical diseases, but especially malaria
jungle fever: A term used to describe the attraction of a person of non-African descent towards people of African descent
jungle gym: A play structure designed for children to climb on, traditionally constructed as a frame of metal bars as introduced in 1920
jungle nymph: A stick insect, of the genus Heteropteryx, from the rainforests of south-east Asia
jungle telegraph: A gossip network; an informal communication system within a group or organization
And the jungle telegraph at Bryant Park is alive with rumors that the show's biggest name, Lauren Conrad, will be here any day.
jungle telegraph: A system used by primitive cultures in remote tropical regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds or a relay of runners
Working both sides of the stream, they got native chieftains to pass the word by jungle telegraph.
jungle telegraphs: plural form of jungle telegraph
jungle mouth: (deyim) Smelly breath, unpleasant smell on the breath: "Most people have jungle mouth when they wake up, eh."
jungle up: During the Great Depression, many wanderers (hoboes and tramps) would settle for the night in groups. These areas would be known as hobo jungles. To jungle-up is to camp out for the evening in the company of other like companions of the road
Jungle Book: a book of stories by Rudyard Kipling about a young boy called Mowgli who grows up in the jungle in India and is cared for by animals, such as Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. It was made into a very popular cartoon film by Walt Disney in 1967
jungle cat: small Asiatic wildcat
jungle cat: type of wild cat
jungle cock: male jungle fowl
jungle fever: severe form of malaria occurring in tropical regions
jungle fever: {i} acute form of malaria which is common in tropical regions; any of the types of diseases native to the tropical regions
jungle fowl: small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
jungle fowl: Any of several game birds of the genus Gallus of southeast Asia, especially G. gallus, considered to be the ancestor of the common domestic fowl. Any of four species of Asian birds (genus Gallus) that differ from other species in the pheasant family in having, in the male, a fleshy comb, lobed wattles hanging below the bill, and a high-arched tail. The red jungle fowl is the ancestor of the chicken. The cock has shining silky plumage, red on the head and back and green-black elsewhere; the hen is rusty brown with speckled neck and minimal comb
jungle gym: A structure of poles and bars for children to climb and play on. a large frame made of metal bars for children to climb on British Equivalent: climbing frame
jungle gym: a structure of vertical and horizontal rods where children can climb and play
jungle gym: structure on which children are able to climb and play
jungle hen: female jungle fowl
jungle music: {i} rhythmically compound deviant form of electronic dance music that uses fast tempos
jungle rot: skin disorder induced by a tropical climate
asphalt jungle: A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe
Harlem comes through as an urban hothouse mean with exotic hustle and violence, a tangible asphalt jungle with its own abrasive laws of motion.
concrete jungle: An urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe
hobo jungle: collectively, the places where homeless people live and sleep
law of the jungle: The survival of the fittest, strongest or most cunning
hobo jungle: During the Great Depression, many wanderers (hoboes and tramps) would settle for the night in groups. These areas would be known as hobo jungles. To jungle-up is to camp out for the evening in the company of other like companions of the road
The Jungle Book: Walt Disney's animated movie based on a Rudyard Kipling children's novel by the same name
asphalt jungle: A large city or an urban or inner-city area, especially when characterized as congested and crime-ridden
concrete jungle: {i} region in a city that has a large modern building which is considered dangerous and not pleasant
concrete jungle: an area in a city with large modern building that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant
concrete jungle: disapproval If you refer to a city or area as a concrete jungle, you mean that it has a lot of modern buildings and you think it is ugly or unpleasant to live in. an unpleasant area in a city that is full of big ugly buildings and has no open spaces
jungles: plural of jungle
jungly: {s} comprised of jungles; overflown with jungles; having or of the nature of a jungle; covered in tropical vegetation
jungly: Consisting of jungles; abounding with jungles; of the nature of a jungle
jungly: overgrown with tropical vegetation
law of the jungle: laws of nature according to which the strongest survive, the natural choice, survival of the fittest, never-ending competition
red jungle fowl: a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl
the jungle of life: the jungle as symbolic of the wild nature of life, life as a jungle-like place without civilized rules, survival of the fittest, law of the jungle

jungle

Hyphenation

jun·gle

Turkish pronunciation

cʌnggıl

Synonyms

boscage, bush, chaparral, forest, labyrinth, maze, morass, primeval forest, tangle, undergrowth, wasteland, web, wood, zoo

Pronunciation

/ˈʤəɴɢgəl/ /ˈʤʌŋɡəl/

Etymology

[ 'j&[ng]-g&l ] (noun.) 1776. 1776, via Hindi जंगल and Urdu جنگل (jangal), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid, sterile, desert”).

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