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hayride

hayride

9 3.0
A fun ride in a wagon filled with hay
  • noun
  • /ˈheɪˌraɪd/
  • Informal
translation icon : paseo en heno
  • When they arrived at the hayride, the gang was already piling into the rotting hay wagon.
  • Haunted Hayride
  • hayride and bonfire
  • hayrides and pumpkin

Examples

  • Every year, our family enjoys a leisurely hayride around the farm during harvest time.

  • I had a really fun time on the hayride, Jerry.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I was wondering, Caroline, if you would like to go on a hayride this Saturday?

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Skating is something you do separately, but a hayride is something you do together.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • There were five stations that attendees could visit and a hayride that took them out into the basin.

    Blog text (5)

  • I think they're doing a Halloween hayride this year.

    EMR (2004)

  • After the roping, we all got in line to board the hayride to pick our pumpkins.

    Blog text (10)

  • We are planning a fun hayride through the pumpkin patch this weekend.

  • The school organized a hayride for the students as part of the autumn festival.

Synonyms

hay ride
vshayride
  • US
1 3.0

A ride in a wagon filled with hay for fun on a farm

is an informal group ride in a hay-filled vehicle for fun or celebration

How Fun

fairground
19 3.0
hayride
  • Informal
9 3.0
to ride
∞ 1.0
wagon
88 1.0

Surface Forms

hayride singular
hayrides plural

Morphology

hayride = hay + ride (transparent) = hay + ride

The literal event 'wagon/truck ride with hay' is directly and transparently expressed by 'hay' + 'ride'.

Etymology

Hayride comes from the simple idea of a hay 'ride', where people sit on bales of hay in a wagon for a fun farm trip, often at harvest time. So a hayride is an informal group ride in a wagon or truck filled with hay.