Jaunt

jaunt
    n 1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to
         the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after
         cautious sashays into the field" [syn: {excursion},
         {jaunt}, {outing}, {junket}, {pleasure trip}, {expedition},
         {sashay}]
    v 1: make a trip for pleasure [syn: {travel}, {trip}, {jaunt}]
    

Jaunt \Jaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Jaunting}.] [Cf. Scot. jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt,
   jeer, dial. Sw. ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perh.
   akin to E. jump. Cf. {Jaunce}.]
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   1. To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
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   2. To ride on a jaunting car.
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   {Jaunting car}, a kind of low-set open vehicle, used in
      Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting
      back to back. [Written also {jaunty car}.] --Thackeray.
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Jaunt \Jaunt\, v. t.
   To jolt; to jounce. [Obs.] --Bale.
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Jaunt \Jaunt\, n.
   1. A wearisome journey. [R.]
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            Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind
            After his a["e]ry jaunt, though hurried sore.
            Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest. --Milton.
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   2. A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a
      short journey.
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96 Moby Thesaurus words for "jaunt":
      airing, amble, bat around, bum, campaign, circuit, constitutional,
      count ties, course, cruise, divagate, drift, excursion, expedition,
      fare, flit, forced march, gad, gad about, gallivant, globe-trot,
      go about, go abroad, go on safari, go overseas, go the rounds,
      grand tour, hike, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, journey,
      junket, knock about, knock around, make a journey,
      make a pilgrimage, make a trip, march, meander, mooch, mush,
      nomadize, outing, package tour, parade, peregrinate, peregrination,
      pererrate, peripatetic journey, peripateticism, pilgrim,
      pilgrimage, pleasure trip, progress, promenade, prowl, ramble,
      range, range the world, roam, round trip, roundabout, rove,
      rubberneck, rubberneck tour, run, run about, safari, sally,
      saunter, schlep, shoot, sight-see, stalk, straggle, stray, stretch,
      stroll, take a trip, take the road, tour, traipse, tramp, trek,
      trip, trudge, turn, vagabond, vagabondize, voyage, walk,
      walk the tracks, walking tour, wander, wayfare