Definition of "jungle" in Englisch

noun

1. A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.

2. (South Asia) Any uncultivated tract of forest or scrub habitat.

3. (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.

   • It’s a jungle out there.

4. (figurative) A tangled mess.

5. (slang) An area where hobos camp together.

6. (music, uncountable) A style of electronic dance music and precursor of drum and bass.

7. (golf slang) Dense rough.

8. (vulgar slang) A dense mass of pubic hair.

adjective

1. (Of musical beat, rhythm, etc.) resembling the fast-paced drumming of traditional peoples of the jungle.