joyride
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪd/
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paseo en coche robado
- The police arrested the teenagers for taking the stolen car on a wild joyride through the city streets.
You asked because I do not want to spend thousands of dollars for a joyride in a wheel wagon.
- You asked because I do not want to spend thousands of dollars for a joyride in a wheel wagon.
Examples
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When we're done eating lunch why don't you, you know, drive on over to Mom's house pick her up, take a little joyride?
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Yeah, we went on a little joyride around the block.
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Does this feel like a joyride to you?
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Maybe it's just some kids taking it for a joyride is all.
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Anyone wanna go on a joyride with us?
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- So you wanna come with us for a joyride?
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Everyone got on board for the joyride.
Academic text (2011) -
Terry has admitted to stealing a car for a joyride with friends.
Academic text (2008) -
That's fine, I'm just here for the joyride.
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I took a joyride in a Ford coupe that I just couldn't resist.
Fiction book (1993)
How Demanding
Surface Forms
Morphology
joyride = joy + ride (semi-transparent) = joy + ride
Components 'joy' and 'ride' combine to give the literal meaning 'a ride taken for pleasure', but the frequent additional implication of taking the vehicle without permission or recklessly is a pragmatic/idiomatic extension not fully predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Joyride is made from joy ('great pleasure') and ride ('a trip in a vehicle'), so it first meant a fun drive. Later, because people sometimes took cars without permission just for fun, joyride also came to mean a pleasure trip that can be illegal or reckless.