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🚗 A fun illegal ride 🚗 To drive for fun
to joyride

to joyride

1 7.2
To drive a car for fun without the owner's permission
  • verb
  • /ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪd/
translation icon : 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
56 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
3 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
2 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.