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to jaunt

to jaunt

1 5.1
To go on a short trip for fun
  • verb
  • /dʒɔnt/
translation icon : hacer una escapada
  • Last Saturday, they jaunted through the countryside, enjoying the fresh air and beautiful landscapes.

Examples

  • 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.

    Blog text (12)
  • 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

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
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
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
to trip
vsto jaunt
17 1.0

To travel somewhere for pleasure

is specifically a short pleasure outing rather than a longer journey
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

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

jaunt infinitive
jaunted past
jaunted past participle
jaunting present participle
jaunts third person singular

Etymology

Jaunt first meant 'to move quickly' or 'prance', like a horse on a short lively ride, and it is connected to jaunty ('lively'), which is why to jaunt today means to go on a short, pleasant trip for fun.