jungle
A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.
Noun 4 meanings
A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.
Any uncultivated tract of forest or scrub habitat.
A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.
“It’s a jungle out there.”
A tangled mess.
Adjective 1 meaning
resembling the fast-paced drumming of traditional peoples of the jungle.
Etymology
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.
JUNGLE at a glance
JUNGLE has 6 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (J 8 + U 1 + N 1 + G 2 + L 1 + E 1) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,796 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with jungle
All rhymesOne letter away
- JINGLE14
- JUGGLE15
- BUNGLE9
- JANGLE14
- JUNGLY17
- JUNGLI14
- PUNGLE9
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