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
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Noun
a four-day jaunt to the mountains
took a leisurely jaunt up to the mountains for the day
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Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
The night started with a statement drive by Los Angeles, which scored on a seven-play, 70-yard jaunt on the game’s first possession.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
The Holiday 100 makes its annual jolly jaunt back to Billboard’s charts menu.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
An eclectic cast, ranging from dancers in their 20s to their 50s, gels for a bouncy jaunt (pro forma in Estanich’s works), with each dancer having generous time and vocabulary for him or herself.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
The night started with a statement drive by Los Angeles, which scored on a seven-play, 70-yard jaunt on the game’s first possession.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
Winter is coming, and that means curtailing my cruising, but the joys of jaunting around on this sweet ride should keep me warm even as the weather grows cold.
—WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
The Holiday 100 makes its annual jolly jaunt back to Billboard’s charts menu.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaunt. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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