Jungle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a wild land overgrown with dense vegetation, often nearly impenetrable, especially tropical vegetation or a tropical rainforest.
  2. a tract of such land.
  3. a wilderness of dense overgrowth; a piece of swampy, thickset forestland.
  4. any confused mass or agglomeration of objects; jumble: a jungle of wrecked automobiles.
  5. something that baffles or perplexes; maze: a jungle of legal double-talk.
  6. a scene of violence and struggle for survival: The neglected prison was a jungle for its inmates.
  7. a place or situation of ruthless competition: the advertising jungle.
  8. Slang.
    • (in historical use) a hobo camp: We found him by the campfire, with many similarly raggedy hobos in what is known as a jungle.
    • any camp of unhoused individuals: Law enforcement clears the jungle and tears down the temporary structures a few times each year, but people return and a new encampment always springs up.
noun
  1. an equatorial forest area with luxuriant vegetation, often almost impenetrable
  2. any dense or tangled thicket or growth
  3. a place of intense competition or ruthless struggle for survival
  4. a type of fast electronic dance music, originating in the early 1990s, which combines elements of techno and ragga
  5. (esp in the Depression) a gathering place for the unemployed, etc
Jungle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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