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   jun·gle

   /ˈjəNGɡ(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. an area of land overgrown with dense forest and tangled vegetation, typically in the tropics: "we set off into the jungle" Similar tropical forest(tropical) rainforestwildernesswildsthe bush
   • ▪ a wild tangled mass of vegetation or other things: "the garden was a jungle of bluebells"
   • ▪ a situation or place of bewildering complexity or brutal competitiveness: "it's a jungle out there" Similar complexityconfusioncomplicationmesschaoslabyrinthmazetanglesnarlweb
   • ▪ a hobo camp. informal US
   • 2. a style of dance music incorporating elements of ragga, hip-hop, and hard core and consisting almost exclusively of very fast electronic drum tracks and slower synthesized bass lines, originating in Britain in the early 1990s.

   Word Origin late 18th century: via Hindi from Sanskrit jāṅgala ‘rough and arid (terrain)’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. jungled adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • J

     8

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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