1
: a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure
a weekend jaunt to the coast
2
archaic
: a tiring trip
jaunted; jaunting; jaunts
Synonyms
Examples of jaunt in a Sentence
Noun
a four-day jaunt to the mountains
took a leisurely jaunt up to the mountains for the day
Recent Examples on the Web
Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
The alternative rock outfit will kick-off their months-long Continental European jaunt Sept. 24 at Rudolf Weber-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, with a string of U.K. dates set for November.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2024
To her shock, Ms. Zampieri found olms on aboveground jaunts not just in the nighttime but also in broad daylight.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Springsteen will kick off his 2024 jaunt on March 19 in Phoenix, AZ and will make stops in dozens of major U.S cities such as San Francisco, San Diego, Inglewood, Columbus, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C and more before wrapping up the North American leg in Baltimore, MD on Sept. 13.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
The 26-date jaunt, which will be supported by special guest Jazmine Sullivan and October London, will kicks off on Sept. 14 at Hollywood, Fla.’s Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, and wrap on Oct. 27 at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2024
Completing most of the short jaunt was a reassuring validation that the rocket’s design appears to be sound.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
About 30 minutes south of Powder Mountain and an hour from Park City, 3,000-acre Snowbasin is the place for uncrowded, expansive terrain, wide-open bowls, and beautiful off-piste jaunts.
—Nina Kokotas Hahn, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2024
Art openings, Verdi at the Met, jaunts to see colleagues in Singapore, regular dinners at the Pierre in New York, and high tea at Fortnum & Mason in London (where Marina was nearly born, when her mother, Lydia Hadjipateras, had her water break on a drizzly late-October day in 1982).
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024
Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
As Bella Baxter, the actress jaunts around Victorian London with the brain of an unborn child.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Piano chords that jaunt along during solos and rise above the swirling, clashing chaos, demanding to be acknowledged.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Voyages call upon fewer ports—guests jaunt through yachting playgrounds like Bodrum, Turkey; Malta; Dominica; and Guadeloupe—but linger in each setting.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2023
These boots will keep you comfortable on your feet, whether jaunting through the airport, sightseeing, shopping, or moseying around a networking event.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2023
As an exclusive option for the highest-performance-variant TLX, this gold color is sure to cause at least some gawking while jaunting down the road.
—Jacob Kurowicki, Car and Driver, 3 Aug. 2023
The Brewers’ lead was 5-1 by the time Perkins jaunted to the plate a second time.
—Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2023
The foursome jaunted around Asia on a bus on a grand post-pandemic adventure.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
Noun
The genre and focus shift into a different dimension with almost every jaunt, but this trippy tale has an emotionally poignant and completely original climax that keeps the affair grounded.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
The alternative rock outfit will kick-off their months-long Continental European jaunt Sept. 24 at Rudolf Weber-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, with a string of U.K. dates set for November.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2024
To her shock, Ms. Zampieri found olms on aboveground jaunts not just in the nighttime but also in broad daylight.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Springsteen will kick off his 2024 jaunt on March 19 in Phoenix, AZ and will make stops in dozens of major U.S cities such as San Francisco, San Diego, Inglewood, Columbus, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C and more before wrapping up the North American leg in Baltimore, MD on Sept. 13.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
The 26-date jaunt, which will be supported by special guest Jazmine Sullivan and October London, will kicks off on Sept. 14 at Hollywood, Fla.’s Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, and wrap on Oct. 27 at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2024
Completing most of the short jaunt was a reassuring validation that the rocket’s design appears to be sound.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
About 30 minutes south of Powder Mountain and an hour from Park City, 3,000-acre Snowbasin is the place for uncrowded, expansive terrain, wide-open bowls, and beautiful off-piste jaunts.
—Nina Kokotas Hahn, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2024
Art openings, Verdi at the Met, jaunts to see colleagues in Singapore, regular dinners at the Pierre in New York, and high tea at Fortnum & Mason in London (where Marina was nearly born, when her mother, Lydia Hadjipateras, had her water break on a drizzly late-October day in 1982).
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024
Verb
Our intrepid readers have jaunted off on some incredible journeys over the last year.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
As Bella Baxter, the actress jaunts around Victorian London with the brain of an unborn child.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Piano chords that jaunt along during solos and rise above the swirling, clashing chaos, demanding to be acknowledged.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Voyages call upon fewer ports—guests jaunt through yachting playgrounds like Bodrum, Turkey; Malta; Dominica; and Guadeloupe—but linger in each setting.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2023
These boots will keep you comfortable on your feet, whether jaunting through the airport, sightseeing, shopping, or moseying around a networking event.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2023
As an exclusive option for the highest-performance-variant TLX, this gold color is sure to cause at least some gawking while jaunting down the road.
—Jacob Kurowicki, Car and Driver, 3 Aug. 2023
The Brewers’ lead was 5-1 by the time Perkins jaunted to the plate a second time.
—Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2023
The foursome jaunted around Asia on a bus on a grand post-pandemic adventure.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaunt. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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