to jaunt

Examples

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• While today's universe-hopping, time-jaunting stories seemed to be aimed at pure adventure, these early visits to sideways worlds helped settle continuity quirks and created ways for creators to play with a bigger toybox of characters, regardless of the current universe or time period.

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• He jaunts right by me and begins undressing.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Sure, you dimwits invaded my privacy in order to try to persuade me to jaunt up to the Show Biz satellite with you next week.

  Fiction book (1998)

• He asked if I would care to jaunt down to Brentwood the coming morning to visit with Alfred Hitchcock, the movie director.

  Fiction book (1996)

• If people jaunt from far Phoenix just to look upon snow, what might they pay for genuine mitten-made statuary of the stuff, snow fatsos mocking the saguaros?

  Fiction book (1993)

• So saying, Smedley unfolded his wormhole and jaunted forth among the infinite tangents of space-time in search of someplace that sold cat food.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Slumped in his seat, Marshall watches as Charlie jaunts across the velvety green lawn, whistling like a man happy to be home after a hard day, a man with no regrets in the world.

  Fiction book (1990)

• She didn't mind being alone, and she kept thinking fondly of her suddenly widowed aunt Helen, who had jaunted off to Europe alone when getting a refund on the trip she'd planned with her husband proved to be problematic.

  Fiction book (1991)

• After a long week of work, we decided to jaunt to the beach for the weekend.

• She loves to jaunt around town on sunny afternoons to explore new cafes.

Synonyms

T

to travel

vsto jaunt

∞ 1.0

To go from one place to another, often for work or pleasure

refers only to brief pleasure excursions not long or professional journeys

T

to travel to

vsto jaunt

263 1.0

To go to another place for work or pleasure

is limited to short pleasure outings only, not general movement

T

to take a ride

vsto jaunt

56 1.9

To go for a short drive to have fun and relax

is used for any short pleasure excursion not only car drives

T

to trip

vsto jaunt

17 1.0

To travel somewhere for pleasure

is specifically a short pleasure outing rather than a longer journey

J

to junket

vsto jaunt

• Literature

9.1

To go on a trip paid for by someone else, often seen as unnecessary

is a short personal pleasure outing not funded or work related

Antonyms

S

to stay put

• Informal

133 2.0

Remain in the same place without moving

How Long

to tour

184 1.9

to jaunt

1 5.1

to stroll

122 1.8

Surface Forms

Etymology