Crossword clues for jungle
jungle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jungle \Jun"gle\ (j[u^][ng]"g'l), n. [Hind. jangal desert, forest, jungle; Skr. ja[.n]gala desert.]
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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.
The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other palms, very difficult to penetrate.
--Balfour (Cyc. of India). Hence: (Fig.) A place of danger or ruthless competition for survival. /'bdIt's a jungle out there./'b8
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Anything which causes confusion or difficulty due to intricacy; as, a jungle of environmental regulations. --MW10. Jungle bear (Zo["o]l.), the aswail or sloth bear. Jungle cat (Zo["o]l.), the chaus. Jungle cock (Zo["o]l.), the male of a jungle fowl. Jungle fowl. (Zo["o]l.)
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Any wild species of the genus Gallus, of which several species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the fork-tailed jungle fowl ( Gallus varius) of Java, Gallus Stanleyi of Ceylon, and Gallus Bankiva of India.
Note: The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is supposed to be one of the original species from which the domestic fowl was derived.
An Australian grallatorial bird ( Megapodius tumulus) which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter, where they are hatched by the heat produced by decomposition.
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1776, from Hindi jangal "desert, forest, wasteland, uncultivated ground," from Sanskrit jangala-s "arid, sparsely grown with trees," of unknown origin. Specific sense of "land overgrown by vegetation in a wild, tangled mass" is first recorded 1849; meaning "place notoriously lawless and violent" is first recorded 1906, from Upton Sinclair's novel (compare asphalt jungle, 1949, William R. Burnett's novel title, made into a film 1950 by John Huston; blackboard jungle, 1954, Evan Hunter's novel title, movie in 1955). Jungle gym was a trademark name, 1923, by Junglegym Inc., Chicago, U.S. Jungle bunny, derogatory for "black person," attested from 1966.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals. 2 (context colloquial English) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality. 3 (context slang English) An area where hobos camp together. 4 (context uncountable English) A style of electronic music related to drum and bass.
WordNet
n. an impenetrable equatorial forest
a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival
a place where hoboes camp [syn: hobo camp]
Wikipedia
A jungle is a dense forest in a tropical climate.
Jungle or The Jungle may also refer to:
A jungle is land covered with dense vegetation dominated by trees. Application of the term has varied greatly during the last several centuries. Jungles in Western literature can represent a less civilised or unruly space outside the control of civilization: attributed to the jungle's association in colonial discourse in the British Raj. Therefore, the nearest equivalent scientific term is probably monsoon and seasonal tropical forest.
Jungle or Dou Shou Qi (, "Game of Fighting Animals") is a traditional Chinese board game played on a 7×9 board. The game is also known as The Jungle Game, Jungle Chess, or Animals Chess, and is sometimes called Oriental Chess or Children's Chess.
Jungle is a two-player strategy game and has been cited as resembling the Western game Stratego, but Stratego actually has more in common with another Chinese board game known as Jun Qi (Chinese: 軍棋) or "Army Game".
"Jungle" is a song by Taiji, released on July 15, 2000. The CD was released with his autobiography, Uchuu o Kakeru Tomo e: Densetsu no Bando X no Sei to Shi.
Jungle is a 2000 Indian thriller film produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma starring Sunil Shetty, Fardeen Khan and Urmila Matondkar. The ensemble cast film has received positive reviews upon release and was declared a Hit. The film won the Bollywood Movie Award for Best Direction.
The Jungle was a portable game console in development by Panasonic, and announced in October 2010. With a design being roughly similar to a small laptop, it was developed as a portable platform for MMOs and aimed at players who wanted to play online games on the go. The Jungle was also Panasonic's first attempt at creating a handheld console. It was expected to be released in mid-2011, effectively putting it into the eighth generation of gaming along with the Nintendo 3DS and the then-unreleased PlayStation Vita.
The system was to be the second dedicated video game console released by Panasonic, after the 3DO from 1993. In 1997, Panasonic was developing a new console called the Panasonic M2, but the company cancelled the project.
On March 1, 2011, Panasonic announced the cancellation of the Jungle, "due to changes in the market".
"Jungle" is a song by British rapper Professor Green, released as the fourth and final single from his debut studio album, Alive Till I'm Dead. The track features vocals from Irish singer Maverick Sabre. The single was released was on 3 January 2011. The track won an award for "Best Dancefloor Filler" at the 2011 NME Awards. The music video for "Jungle" was shot in Green's hometown of Hackney, London. Green revealed that, in the video he hired locals instead of actors. The video was released on 9 November 2010.
Jungle (formerly known as Jungleboys), is a production company owned by Executive Producer Jason Burrows, Writer / Director Trent O'Donnell, Writer/ Performer Phil Lloyd and Head of Production Chloe Rickard. Jungle produces TV commercials, TV programs, and branded entertainment. The Sydney-based production company specialises in comedy.
Its directors include Trent O'Donnell, Scott Pickett, Trevor Clarence, Al Morrow, Craig Melville, Christiaan Van Vuuren, Matt Moore, and Erik Van Wyk. According to Campaign Brief, an industry website that monitors such things, in 2013 Jungle was "one of the five top advertising production companies in Australia".
Jungle are an English modern soul musical collective based in London.
Jungle is the debut studio album by London-based modern musical collective Jungle. It was released on 14 July 2014 through XL Recordings.
In September 2014, the album was shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize.
"Jungle" is a song by Australian singer Emma Louise, which was released on March 31, 2011. It was included in her debut EP Full Hearts & Empty Rooms from the same year. The song gained international success with a remix by German DJ Wankelmut in 2013. Emma Louise's solo version has charted in its own right in a number of countries, most notably peaking number 3 on the French Singles Chart. After the success of the Wankelmut remix, Emma Louise included both versions in her 2013 studio album vs Head vs Heart. A final official remix was made by MK in late 2013.
The song was used in Season 1 Episode 9 of Australian prison drama Wentworth. It was also used in Season 8 Episode 2 of Grey's Anatomy.
Usage examples of "jungle".
We therefore had to practice abseiling into I the jungle and getting in all the emergency equipment that would be needed.
But Conan doubted, for once, in a gold-barred cage in an Hyrkanian city, he had seen an abysmal sad-eyed beast which men told him was an ape, and there had been about it naught of the demoniac malevolence which vibrated in the shrieking laughter that echoed from the black jungle.
I said, but with the acuity of any jungle beast, he sensed the weakening of his prey.
The RTAF Hueys and the Marine helos on loan to the Thai airmobile forces lifted from the jungle clearing at almost the same moment that the American Hornets were hitting SAM sites at U Feng and along the Taeng River Valley.
Shere Khan was always crossing his path in the jungle, for as Akela grew older and feebler the lame tiger had come to be great friends with the younger wolves of the Pack, who followed him for scraps, a thing Akela would never have allowed if he had dared to push his authority to the proper bounds.
Messua cried, and Buldeo embroidered the story of his adventures in the jungle, till he ended by saying that Akela stood up on his hind legs and talked like a man.
We knew, however, that the Americans were planning to descend upon the jungle in the area where it was conjectured the alated had their base, and to wipe it from the map.
Now, with the swift coming of the jungle dawn, the plain had been transformed into a rippling sea of emerald, of malachite, alexandrite, and amazon-stone green, richly flecked with topaz and amethyst.
OFF THE Mangrove Coast From the jungles of Borneo to the hidden canyons of the American West, from small-town fight clubs to a Parisian cafe at the end of World War II, these are tales of betrayal and revenge, courage and cowardice, glory and greed, as only Louis L Amour can tell them.
World War II, nothing yet had been discovered any safer than the old quinine and atabrine treatment, and Raft was sifting the jungle lore now to make sure there might not be some truth in the old Indio knowledge, hidden behind masks of devil-worship and magic.
Trading precious altitude for more speed, Batman plunged toward the jungle canopy, watching as the rapidly sweeping hands of his altimeter ticked off the feet.
The jungle seemed to close in on Batman then, an ominous green shroud which threatened to smother him.
To Batman, it seemed as though the hostile jungle was laughing at him.
Finally, as the unseen sun began warming the jungle floor, burning off the mist which had lingered there since the rain, Batman decided that his best bet was to get to the top of a hill where he could signal an aircraft if it passed overhead.
The girl with the AK led Batman north along a jungle trail which followed the ridge for almost a mile, then descended the east face of the slope in a series of sharp switchbacks which left the American completely disoriented.