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noun

Definition of joyridenext
as in transit

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joyride

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verb

1
as in to cut up

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2
as in to automobile

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Recent Examples of joyride
Noun
The joyride ended with a customary burnout, as the rising star closed his big day in a cloud of smoke. — Time, 9 June 2026 An emotionally disturbed man swiped an idling private ambulance off a Bronx street Thursday — taking the rescue vehicle on a short joyride before crashing it into a car, police said. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
Verb
Now, to joyride around the skyscrapers. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for joyride
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyride
  1. transit
  2. cut up
  3. automobile
  4. transport
  5. clown
  6. motor
  7. transportation
  8. kite
Noun
  • The numbers are consistent with the depressed transit levels recorded over recent days since negotiations fell apart.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The city banned data centers near transit and the Beltline, but this one is trying to get an exception.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of transit
Verb
  • The director planned to film the killing of a live donkey, which would be cut up for food by actors portraying laborers.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • Unusual colorways and short production runs contribute to rarity, and uncut original lengths are prized, since most bolts have been cut up and used.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
Definition of cut up
Verb
  • These go-tos make trains, planes, and automobiles far less stressful.
    — Luke Pyenson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Definition of automobile
Noun
  • This week, the US approved a $2 billion Saudi order for weapons guidance systems, launchers, warheads, and other equipment, as well as a $484 million package of parts for Kuwait’s fleet of C-17 military transport aircraft.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
  • Seven more launches will complete Tranche with 63 additional data transport satellites and 28 missile tracking satellites manufactured by Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of transport
Verb
  • Eventually a local newspaper wrote a piece about me and my dad, the father/son clown duo.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • In the second episode, Tom spends a night in the local inn, and ends up in a crawl space with the ghost of a psychotic killer clown.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
Definition of clown
Verb
  • Yoshida began the top of the 10th as the automatic runner on second, but immediately motored to third on a first-pitch sacrifice bunt by Wong and scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Seigler.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2026
  • Eventually, Flores and Álvarez motored to the rendezvous point, where there was no sign of the Fiorella, or of the other skiff.
    — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of motor
Noun
  • None of the public campaign financing can come from funds designated for education, transportation or public safety.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Doug Turnbull covers the traffic/transportation beat for WXIA-TV (11Alive).
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of transportation
Verb
  • From sailing along the islets of Daku and Naked Island, to kite surfing and paddle boarding, water activities come in troves here.
    — Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2026
  • In February of 2017, the British business magnate Richard Branson posted photos of Obama learning to kite surf off Branson’s private island, in the Caribbean.
    — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of kite

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