1
: a ride taken for pleasure (as in a car or aircraft)
especially
: an automobile ride marked by reckless driving (as in a stolen car)
2
: conduct or action resembling a joyride especially in disregard of cost or consequences
Examples of joyride in a Sentence
Some teenager stole my car and took it for a joyride.
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Blue Origin, which Bezos started in 2000, has been offering the cosmic joyrides to celebrities and other paying customers since its New Shepard spacecraft began crewed launches in 2021.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Limits on how frequently a NASCAR team can test have curbed many opportunities drivers once had to take their rental car for a joyride around a racetrack.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Five other members of the joyride crew remain at large.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
During one of Aidan’s quick trips to New York to be with Carrie, his underage son Wyatt took his dad’s truck without permission and went on a joyride while under the influence of alcohol and mushrooms.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Limits on how frequently a NASCAR team can test have curbed many opportunities drivers once had to take their rental car for a joyride around a racetrack.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Five other members of the joyride crew remain at large.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
During one of Aidan’s quick trips to New York to be with Carrie, his underage son Wyatt took his dad’s truck without permission and went on a joyride while under the influence of alcohol and mushrooms.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joyride. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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