joyride

noun joy·ride \ ˈjȯi-ˌrīd \

Updated on: 16 Apr 2018

Definition of joyride

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

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joyride

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joyrider

play \ˈjȯi-ˌrī-dər\ noun

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joyriding

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Examples of joyride in a Sentence

Some teenager stole my car and took it for a joyride.

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But their joyride continued last week until Austin police arrived at the store location on North Lamar Boulevard and Rundberg Lane.

— matthew martinez, star-telegram, "He was told to stop the electric cart joyride. He retaliated with potato chips, Texas cops say | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 3 Apr. 2018
With that in mind, however, RP1 acts like Ferris Bueller's best scenes were the joyrides in Cameron's dad's Ferrari and Ferris' mad dash home at the end.

— sam machkovech, Ars Technica, "Ready Player One’s film adaptation isn’t even good enough as a kids movie," 29 Mar. 2018
The Olympic joyride ended in defeat, with the South Koreans losing to Sweden 8-3 in the gold-medal game before a near-capacity crowd at Gangneung Curling Centre.

— josh peter, USA TODAY, "South Korean curlers, dubbed Garlic Girls, fall in final but it's a win for the sport," 25 Feb. 2018
Canadian Olympic skier Dave Duncan, with the help of both his wife and his manager, stole a Hummer and then took it on a joyride.

— laura beck, Cosmopolitan, "Canadian Olympic Skier, Wife, and Manager Are All Arrested After Drunkenly Stealing Hummer and Joyriding It," 24 Feb. 2018
Kendrick Lamar’s incendiary, socio-political opus lost to Bruno Mars’ radio-pleasing nostalgia joyride.

— chris payne, Billboard, "Will More of Music's Biggest Stars Shun the Grammys?," 29 Jan. 2018
Just hours before the country duo was due onstage at the Flying W Airport and Resort in Medford, New Jersey, Gentry went for a preshow helicopter joyride, and the two-seater craft suffered engine failure and tumbled out of the sky.

— dave quinn, PEOPLE.com, "Eddie Montgomery on Moving Past Troy Gentry's Death: 'He’s Going to Be in Our Hearts Forever'," 24 Jan. 2018
But their joyride ended with a 36-point loss to Texas Tech at the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off on Nov. 19.

— USA TODAY, "Northwestern hot 3-point shooting buries Valparaiso 84-50," 14 Dec. 2017
In August, someone took a wild drive through a dry lake known as Racetrack Playa (the name is by no means an invitation to joyride), scarring its delicate grounds.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "National Park Service Seeks Public Help in Death Valley Fossil Theft," 31 Mar. 2017

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