🚗 A fun illegal ride 🚗 To drive for fun

to joyride

3 7.2

To drive a car for fun without the owner's permission

verb
/ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪd/

: dar una vuelta (con un coche robado)

After the party, a group of friends thought it would be exciting to joyride in a rental car they didn't pay for.

Examples

You don't get to joyride it!

Need for Speed (2014)
Well, we can't joyride all night.

Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
We'll go on a joyride back through Ear Biscuits.
During summer break, the teenagers decided to joyride in their friend's car for some fun.
They got into trouble for trying to joyride down the main street without permission.

Synonyms

to take a ride

vsto joyride

65 1.9

To go for a short drive to have fun and relax

often involves driving without permission and sometimes recklessly or illegally

to tool

vsto joyride

Informal

7 8.4

To drive a car or other vehicle slowly without a plan

often involves using a vehicle without permission or acting recklessly

to tool around

vsto joyride

Informal

5 7.7

Move around with no set place to go for fun

often involves driving without permission or in a risky illegal way

Surface Forms

joyride infinitive

joyriding present participle

joyrides third person singular

joyrode past

joyridden past participle

Morphology

joyride = joyride (semi-transparent) = joy + ride

The verb is a conversion from the noun 'joyride', and the compound meaning is broadly inferable, though the unauthorized or reckless nuance is not fully predictable from the parts alone.

Etymology

Joyride as a verb comes from the same parts: joy ('great pleasure') + ride ('a trip in a vehicle'). So to joyride is to drive or ride for fun, often without the owner's permission.