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jungle.

A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/
  1. A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Any uncultivated tract of forest or scrub habitat.

    Bangladesh · India · Nepal · Pakistan · South-Asia · Sri-Lanka · countable · uncountable
  3. A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.

    colloquial · countable · uncountable
    It’s a jungle out there.
  4. A tangled mess.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable
  5. An area where hobos camp together.

    countable · slang · uncountable
  6. A style of electronic dance music and precursor of drum and bass.

    uncountable
  7. Dense rough.

    countable · slang · uncountable
  8. A dense mass of pubic hair.

    countable · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal) / Urdu جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid or sterile region, desert”), from a substrate language. First appears c. 1776 in a translation by Nathaniel Halhed.

adj/ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/
  1. resembling the fast-paced drumming of traditional peoples of the jungle.

    not-comparable · usually
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi जंगल (jaṅgal) / Urdu جَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala), from Sanskrit जङ्गल (jaṅgala, “arid or sterile region, desert”), from a substrate language. First appears c. 1776 in a translation by Nathaniel Halhed.

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