hayride

noun

hay·​ride ˈhā-ˌrīd 

: a pleasure ride usually at night by a group in a wagon, sleigh, or open truck partly filled with straw or hay

Examples of hayride in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Visitors can partake in a corn maze, hayrides, caramel apples, and in true KC fashion, barbecue. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

After dark, creepy fun starts with a haunted hayride and barn. — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Over a dozen children and teens were ejected from a wagon after a tractor overturned while traveling downhill at a high rate of speed during a hayride in upstate New York, authorities said. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

The apple orchards, hayrides, pumpkin patches and fall festivals cannot be beat. — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hayride

• abide
• allied
• applied
• aside
• astride
• azide
• backside
• bankside
• bastide
• bayside
• bedside
• belied