jaunt

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noun

ˈjȯnt How to pronounce jaunt (audio)
ˈjänt
1
: a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure
a weekend jaunt to the coast
2
archaic : a tiring trip

jaunt

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verb

jaunted; jaunting; jaunts

intransitive verb

1
: to make a usually short journey for pleasure
2
archaic : to trudge about

Examples of jaunt in a Sentence

Noun a four-day jaunt to the mountains took a leisurely jaunt up to the mountains for the day
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
So when filming for the second half of Season Four moved to the western coast of Morocco, Rudy Pankow, who plays the daredevil JJ, seized the opportunity for a quick jaunt to the Sahara desert. Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2024 For Bostonians, the short jaunt makes this an ideal road trip destination for weekend getaways or even day trips. Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Verb
But for a sip of the old optimism, consider wrapping your Green Line jaunt with a detour to The Cove (Christian name: the Cove Lounge), one of the Near South Side’s best dive bars and one of the most quintessentially Chicago nights out anywhere. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024 And the rest of their whirlwind jaunt together through Pyongyang was equally as romantic: inspecting troops, petting and feeding white horses, lavishing each other with gifts. Syl Sobel, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for jaunt 

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Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

origin unknown

First Known Use

Noun

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Verb

1575, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of jaunt was in 1575

Dictionary Entries Near jaunt

Cite this Entry

“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaunt. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

jaunt

noun
ˈjȯnt,
ˈjänt
: a short trip for pleasure
jaunt verb

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