jaunting

verb

present participle of jaunt
as in wandering

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaunting
  1. wandering
  2. gallivanting
  3. roaming
  4. hopping
  5. traipsing
  6. journeying
  7. roving
  8. touring
Verb
  • New research suggests that this adage may be true for wandering black holes too.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In mid-July, one of her cubs became separated from the family for several days, wandering the river corridor alone.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of wandering
Verb
  • First stop was Balthazar, where Chanel was fêting their new Coco fragrance before gallivanting off to hotspot Sophie’s in the East Village.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Buyers were interested but worried about the optics of a show revolving around two wealthy, gallivanting white guys.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of gallivanting
Verb
  • Aerial footage from Sky News appeared to show a bomb disposal robot roaming between three white trucks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Aerial footage from Sky News appeared to show a bomb disposal robot roaming among three white vans.
    — Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of roaming
Verb
  • Engineers at the University of Washington developed DirectHop to explore whether hopping could offer small robots a practical way to cross obstacles without flying.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • From my little Brooklyn, New York abode, that generally means heading out east for beachy trips to Montauk, hopping around upstate’s Hudson Valley or Catskills towns, and taking advantage of ski mountains all over the east coast.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of hopping
Verb
  • Or maybe Pitt simply wanted to get his Jack London on, traipsing throughout gorgeous natural terrain and ruffling his co-star’s fur in between fending off feral wolves and navigating impromptu whitewater rafting trips sans the raft.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Not every international game sees teams traipsing around the city.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of traipsing
Verb
  • Venus has everything to do with our finances and relationships, and when journeying through this Water sign, there is an undeniable aura of intensity surrounding these areas of life.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Many of the missing are Hindu pilgrims, who were journeying to Kailash Mansarovar, a high-altitude site in Tibet revered by Hindus and Buddhists.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of journeying
Verb
  • The lawsuit also sought to block roving patrols making stops and arrests based solely on race, language and occupation, and to protect access to counsel rights for people in detention.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Sally knocks Ian out with a blunt object, and the sisters go roving through the overgrown woods separating them from Lockland Manor.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of roving
Verb
  • There was something a bit off about Oasis’ sometimes feuding-yet-touring brothers in the Saturday Night Live UK cold open this week.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Because standup basses are hard to travel with, touring jazz musicians like Hsu who are performing in Miami often rent from Winters.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of touring
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“Jaunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jaunting. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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