1
: a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure
a weekend jaunt to the coast
2
archaic
: a tiring trip
jaunted; jaunting; jaunts
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
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
Season 23’s jaunt in the Carolinas couldn’t have come at a more apt time.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
Chappell Roan has been flexing her beauty chameleon muscle this week while jaunting about Paris Fashion Week.
—Mykenna Maniece, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Now Festival, after which the Strokes will embark on a European jaunt.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
Season 23’s jaunt in the Carolinas couldn’t have come at a more apt time.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
There’s also The Italian Restaurant located within the 6,100-square-foot entertainment complex that serves classic Italian comfort dishes (during idle times while dining, kids can feel free to jaunt toward the arcade for a round of air hockey before the plate of rigatoni is served).
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
Chappell Roan has been flexing her beauty chameleon muscle this week while jaunting about Paris Fashion Week.
—Mykenna Maniece, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaunt. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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