1
: a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure
a weekend jaunt to the coast
2
archaic
: a tiring trip
jaunted; jaunting; jaunts
Synonyms
Examples of jaunt in a Sentence
Noun
a four-day jaunt to the mountains
took a leisurely jaunt up to the mountains for the day
Recent Examples on the Web
Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
For these users, and there are a lot of them, the Instagram grid — traditionally the province of documenting life milestones and jaunts to Mallorca — has become something else: A deliberate blank slate.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
Goodall is now on one of her globe-circling jaunts that keep her on the road some 300 days a year.
—Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Ship has sailed on a last-minute trip to Luna Pier
Thinking of an on-the-fly jaunt from metro Detroit to catch the eclipse's path of totality in Luna Pier, a small town in southeastern-most Michigan near the Ohio border?
—Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
The genre and focus shift into a different dimension with almost every jaunt, but this trippy tale has an emotionally poignant and completely original climax that keeps the affair grounded.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
The alternative rock outfit will kick-off their months-long Continental European jaunt Sept. 24 at Rudolf Weber-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, with a string of U.K. dates set for November.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2024
To her shock, Ms. Zampieri found olms on aboveground jaunts not just in the nighttime but also in broad daylight.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Springsteen will kick off his 2024 jaunt on March 19 in Phoenix, AZ and will make stops in dozens of major U.S cities such as San Francisco, San Diego, Inglewood, Columbus, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C and more before wrapping up the North American leg in Baltimore, MD on Sept. 13.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
As Bella Baxter, the actress jaunts around Victorian London with the brain of an unborn child.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Piano chords that jaunt along during solos and rise above the swirling, clashing chaos, demanding to be acknowledged.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Voyages call upon fewer ports—guests jaunt through yachting playgrounds like Bodrum, Turkey; Malta; Dominica; and Guadeloupe—but linger in each setting.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2023
These boots will keep you comfortable on your feet, whether jaunting through the airport, sightseeing, shopping, or moseying around a networking event.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2023
As an exclusive option for the highest-performance-variant TLX, this gold color is sure to cause at least some gawking while jaunting down the road.
—Jacob Kurowicki, Car and Driver, 3 Aug. 2023
The Brewers’ lead was 5-1 by the time Perkins jaunted to the plate a second time.
—Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2023
The foursome jaunted around Asia on a bus on a grand post-pandemic adventure.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
Noun
The 26-city jaunt begins on Aug. 21 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
For these users, and there are a lot of them, the Instagram grid — traditionally the province of documenting life milestones and jaunts to Mallorca — has become something else: A deliberate blank slate.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
Goodall is now on one of her globe-circling jaunts that keep her on the road some 300 days a year.
—Ralph Blumenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Ship has sailed on a last-minute trip to Luna Pier
Thinking of an on-the-fly jaunt from metro Detroit to catch the eclipse's path of totality in Luna Pier, a small town in southeastern-most Michigan near the Ohio border?
—Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
The genre and focus shift into a different dimension with almost every jaunt, but this trippy tale has an emotionally poignant and completely original climax that keeps the affair grounded.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
The alternative rock outfit will kick-off their months-long Continental European jaunt Sept. 24 at Rudolf Weber-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, with a string of U.K. dates set for November.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2024
To her shock, Ms. Zampieri found olms on aboveground jaunts not just in the nighttime but also in broad daylight.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Springsteen will kick off his 2024 jaunt on March 19 in Phoenix, AZ and will make stops in dozens of major U.S cities such as San Francisco, San Diego, Inglewood, Columbus, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C and more before wrapping up the North American leg in Baltimore, MD on Sept. 13.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
Verb
Our intrepid readers have jaunted off on some incredible journeys over the last year.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
As Bella Baxter, the actress jaunts around Victorian London with the brain of an unborn child.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Piano chords that jaunt along during solos and rise above the swirling, clashing chaos, demanding to be acknowledged.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Voyages call upon fewer ports—guests jaunt through yachting playgrounds like Bodrum, Turkey; Malta; Dominica; and Guadeloupe—but linger in each setting.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2023
These boots will keep you comfortable on your feet, whether jaunting through the airport, sightseeing, shopping, or moseying around a networking event.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2023
As an exclusive option for the highest-performance-variant TLX, this gold color is sure to cause at least some gawking while jaunting down the road.
—Jacob Kurowicki, Car and Driver, 3 Aug. 2023
The Brewers’ lead was 5-1 by the time Perkins jaunted to the plate a second time.
—Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2023
The foursome jaunted around Asia on a bus on a grand post-pandemic adventure.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaunt. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
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