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jaunt
[ jawnt, jahnt ]
noun
- a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
verb (used without object)
- to make a short journey.
jaunt
/ ɔːԳ /
noun
- a short pleasurable excursion; outing
verb
- intr to go on such an excursion
Derived Forms
- ˈᲹܲԳپԲ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ᲹܲԳiԲ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of jaunt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of jaunt1
Example Sentences
As such, few commoners saw Monday’s highly publicized private jaunt to the boundary between Earth and space as some giant leap for all womankind.
And what she wants to do is not reassure her partner that their love was always enough or prepare her family for her demise or go off on a bucket-list jaunt with her best friends.
I fantasized about backpacking the world; a jaunt to Vegas satisfied his wanderlust.
The other five band members, however, will show up as planned for a five-day nautical jaunt in less than two weeks, embarking in Miami and stopping on Grand Cayman island and in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
They had “saved up enough money after school and university to have their overseas jaunt, as so many of our kids do,” said their football team coach Nick Heath.
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