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 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.
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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
In June 2024, the pair recreated the video’s memorable car scene, in which Rodney and a 5-year-old Elijah go for a joyride down a dirt road.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 8 May 2025
In January, a group of teens broke into a pair of R trains parked along lay-up tracks in Brooklyn and took them for a joyride.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
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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
In June 2024, the pair recreated the video’s memorable car scene, in which Rodney and a 5-year-old Elijah go for a joyride down a dirt road.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 8 May 2025
In January, a group of teens broke into a pair of R trains parked along lay-up tracks in Brooklyn and took them for a joyride.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for joyride
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joyride. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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