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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The announcement, which features Stitch taking a joyride in a pink convertible through Walt Disney Studios, is basically a victory lap.
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Critics, including model-actor Emily Ratajkowski, slammed the celebrity joyride as wasteful and performative.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The vehicles are tricked out with surround sound, too; and at one point on our joyride the bus was jerked around by the bus driver to simulate the sensation of a subway speeding underfoot.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The joyride continued to the end where Malden Catholic emerged with the school’s first and only state baseball title with a pulsating 2-0 win over Marlboro.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Critics, including model-actor Emily Ratajkowski, slammed the celebrity joyride as wasteful and performative.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The vehicles are tricked out with surround sound, too; and at one point on our joyride the bus was jerked around by the bus driver to simulate the sensation of a subway speeding underfoot.
—Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The joyride continued to the end where Malden Catholic emerged with the school’s first and only state baseball title with a pulsating 2-0 win over Marlboro.
—Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joyride. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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