jaunt(n = noun.act) excursion, expedition, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay - a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
is a kind of journey, journeying
has particulars: airing, field trip
Derived form verb jaunt₁

   jaunt(v = verb.motion) travel, trip - make a trip for pleasure;
Derived form noun jaunt₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody PP

1.  To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion. [1913 Webster]

2.  To ride on a jaunting car. [1913 Webster]

   To jolt; to jounce. Bale. [1913 Webster]

1.  A wearisome journey. [1913 Webster]
"Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind
After his aëry jaunt, though hurried sore.
Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest." [1913 Webster]

2.  A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey. [1913 Webster]

jaunt, n. & v.
--n. a short excursion for enjoyment.
--v.intr. take a jaunt.

Idiom:
jaunting car a light two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle formerly used in Ireland.

Etymology:
16th c.: orig. unkn.

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