excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
(noun) a journey taken for pleasure; “many summer excursions to the shore”; “it was merely a pleasure trip”; “after cautious sashays into the field”
travel, trip, jaunt
(verb) make a trip for pleasure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Compare Scots jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer, dial. Swedish ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce.
jaunt (plural jaunts)
(archaic) A wearisome journey.
A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
jaunt (third-person singular simple present jaunts, present participle jaunting, simple past and past participle jaunted)
(intransitive) To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
(intransitive) To ride on a jaunting car.
(transitive, obsolete) To jolt; to jounce.
• jantu, junta
Source: Wiktionary
Jaunt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jaunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Jaunting.] Etym: [Cf. Scot. jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer, dial. Sw. ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perh. akin to E. jump. Cf. Jaunce.]
1. To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
2. To ride on a jaunting car. Jaunting car, a kind of low-set open vehicle, used in Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting back to back. [Written also jaunty car.] Thackeray.
Jaunt, v. t.
Definition: To jolt; to jounce. [Obs.] Bale.
Jaunt, n.
1. A wearisome journey. [R.] Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his aëry jaunt, though hurried sore. Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest. Milton.
2. A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2024
(verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something; “We finally decided after lengthy deliberations”
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