jungle
/ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/
jungle noun: a large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.
Noun
jungle (countable and uncountable, plural jungles)
- A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.
- As Tarzan walked down the wild cañon beneath the brilliant African moon, the call of the jungle was strong upon him. The solitude and the savage freedom filled his heart with life and buoyancy. Again he was Tarzan of the Apes—every sense alert against the chance of surprise by some jungle enemy—yet...1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantyne Books, published 1963, page 81
- 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.
- 'How do you like this corner of the jungle?' He leant forward. 'Just listen in to the couple behind you. From what I've heard they're straight out of "Nigger Heaven".'1954, Ian Fleming, “Nigger Heaven”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 46
- A tangled mess.
- […] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […]1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC
- An area where hobos camp together.
- A style of electronic dance music and precursor of drum and bass.
- Always more multiracial than other post-Rave scenes, Hardcore got “blacker” as hiphop, Ragga, dub and Soul influences kicked in, and by 93 it had evolved into Jungle. By this point, Hardcore/Jungle (the terms remain interchangeable) was universally scorned by dance hipsters and banished from the...1994 September, Simon Reynolds, “Above The Treeline”, in The Wire
- In large part, happycore was the result of an exodus of white ravers from the jungle scene, in reaction to the influx of black youth and the attendant mood change from bonhomie to surliness.2013, Simon Reynolds, Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture, page 291
- Dense rough.
- Hitting from the Jungle. The rough at some courses is just weeds and sparse grass, as often as not giving a player a decent lie to shoot from. But grass above four inches is nasty. It will grab your club and alter your shots.2006, Rob Blumer, Rex Chaney, Essential golf instruction, page 167
- Synonyms:
- tiger country
- A dense mass of pubic hair.
Adjective
jungle (not comparable)
- resembling the fast-paced drumming of traditional peoples of the jungle.
- She gave her first performance at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles, offering festival dances, Moro tribal rituals, primitive jungle rhythms and rice harvest ceremonials.1939 January 8, The Tribune, Manila, page 13, column 2
- Somewhere further up the valley a bunch of hippies were getting back to nature by loading up on mind altering chemicals and overwhelming their senses with five million decibels of digital bass and jungle beats.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 9
jungle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
jungle in Hindi
- large, undeveloped, humid forest
- जंगल jaṅgal
- style of electronic music
- वन van
jungle in Tamil
- large, undeveloped, humid forest
- காடு kāṭu
jungle in Marathi
- large, undeveloped, humid forest
- जंगल jaṅgal
jungle in Urdu
- large, undeveloped, humid forest
- جَن٘گَل jaṅgal
More languagesFewer languages
- jungle in Bengali
- জঙ্গল joṅgol
- jungle in Telugu
- అడవి aḍavi
- jungle in Malayalam
- വനം
- jungle in Kannada
- ಜಂಗಲು jaṅgalu
- jungle in Gujarati
- જંગલ jaṅgal
- jungle in Sanskrit
- जङ्गल jaṅgala
- jungle in Assamese
- হাবি habi, জংঘল zoṅghol
- jungle in Nepali
- जङ्गल jaṅgal
- jungle in Pashto
- ځنګل jangal
- jungle in Arabic
- أَجَمَة ʔajama, أَدْغَال ʔadḡāl, دَغْل daḡl, غابة ḡāba
- jungle in Malay
- hutan rimba, jenggala, rimba
- jungle in Persian
- جَنْگَل jangal
- jungle in Thai
- ป่า bpàa, ดง dong
- jungle in Vietnamese
- rừng rậm, rừng
- jungle in Myanmar
- ဝနာ wa.na, တော tau:
Examples of jungle in a sentence
- As Tarzan walked down the wild cañon beneath the brilliant African moon, the call of the jungle was strong upon him.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantyne Books, published 1963, page 81:
- The first-timer just doesn't know what's going on when he gets to jail. […] It's a jungle, you've got to look after yourself first.1984, Barry Ellem, Doing Time, page 25:
- They are all out there in New Age Land, and it's a jungle!2005, Laura Knight-Jadczyk, The High Strangeness of Dimensions, Densities, and the Process of Alien Abduction:
- Always more multiracial than other post-Rave scenes, Hardcore got “blacker” as hiphop, Ragga, dub and Soul influences kicked in, and by 93 it had evolved into Jungle.1994 September, Simon Reynolds, “Above The Treeline”, in The Wire:
Synonyms of jungle
Forms of jungle
| plural | jungles |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | jangal |
Origin of jungle
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.
Words formed from jungle
- asphalt jungle
- beat like a jungle drum
- blackboard jungle
- concrete jungle
- dark jungle glory
- hobo jungle
- it's a jungle out there
- jungle babbler
- jungle ballot
- jungle bear
- jungle bendy
- jungle boot
- jungle bunny
- jungle cat
- jungle cock
- jungle crow
- jungle curry
- jungled
- jungle drums
- jungle fever
- jungle fowl
- junglefowl
- jungle glory
- jungle green
- jungle gym
- jungle hen
- jungle juice
- jungle justice
- jungleless
- junglelike
- jungle mouth
- jungle nymph
- jungle primary
- jungler
- jungle raj
- jungle rice
- jungle rot
- jungleside
- junglesome
- jungle telegraph
- junglewear
- junglewood
- junglism
- junglist
- jungly
- jungular
- King of the Jungle
- law of the jungle
- Meinong's jungle
- nonjungle
- rubber jungle
- smoky jungle frog
- underjungle
- vajungle
- you can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey
Phrases with jungle
- Jungle Bob
- Jungle Bird
- Jungle Bobs
- jungle cats
- jungle gyms
- jungle hens
- jungle Asian
- jungle bears
- jungle boots
- jungle cocks
- jungle crows
- jungle fowls
21 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Jungle Mahal
- jungle music
- Jungle Terry
- Calais Jungle
- Jungle Mahals
- jungle nymphs
- jungle ballots
- jungle bendies
- jungle bunnies
- Jungle Carbine
- jungle glories
- jungle babblers
- Jungle Carbines
- jungle primaries
- jungle telegraphs
- smoky jungle frogs
- dark jungle glories
- Kings of the Jungle
- beats like a jungle drum
- beaten like a jungle drum
- beating like a jungle drum
Words that rhyme with jungle
Questions about jungle
- What does jungle mean?
- Jungle means a large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.
- What is jungle in Hindi?
- Jungle in Hindi is जंगल (jaṅgal), वन (van). See Jungle meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use jungle in a sentence?
- As Tarzan walked down the wild cañon beneath the brilliant African moon, the call of the jungle was strong upon him.
- What part of speech is jungle?
- Jungle can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce jungle?
- Jungle is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/.
- What is the plural of jungle?
- The plural of jungle is jungles.
Words near jungle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jungle (page history and authors); jungle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಜಂಗಲು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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