<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a wild land overgrown with dense vegetation, often nearly impenetrable, especially tropical vegetation or a tropical rainforest</li><li>a tract of such land</li><li>a wilderness of dense overgrowth; a piece of swampy, thickset forestland</li><li>any confused mass or agglomeration of objects; jumble: a jungle of wrecked automobiles</li><li>something that baffles or perplexes; maze: a jungle of legal double-talk</li><li>a scene of violence and struggle for survival: The neglected prison was a jungle for its inmates</li><li>a place or situation of ruthless competition: the advertising jungle</li><li>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</li><li>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</li></ul>