1
: a ride taken for pleasure (as in a car or aircraft)
especially
: an automobile ride marked by reckless driving (as in a stolen car)
2
: conduct or action resembling a joyride especially in disregard of cost or consequences
Examples of joyride in a Sentence
Some teenager stole my car and took it for a joyride.
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Three teens, including the boy arrested Tuesday, have been busted so far in connection with that joyride.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Despite the stop-arms, a squad of teens — allegedly including Tuesday’s scofflaw — was able to take a pair of R trains parked on a layup track in Brooklyn on a joyride last month.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
WeatherTech has a 60-second spot showing four older women flirting with other road passengers and spray painting trucks while enjoying a joyride in a vintage Lincoln convertible.
—Axios, 4 Feb. 2025
Related article Blue Origin launches six tourists to the edge of space after nearly two-year hiatus
Blue Origin also routinely launches its New Shepard rocket, a suborbital vehicle designed to carry groups of paying customers on 10-minute joyrides that brush the edge of space.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
Despite the stop-arms, a squad of teens — allegedly including Tuesday’s scofflaw — was able to take a pair of R trains parked on a layup track in Brooklyn on a joyride last month.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
WeatherTech has a 60-second spot showing four older women flirting with other road passengers and spray painting trucks while enjoying a joyride in a vintage Lincoln convertible.
—Axios, 4 Feb. 2025
Related article Blue Origin launches six tourists to the edge of space after nearly two-year hiatus
Blue Origin also routinely launches its New Shepard rocket, a suborbital vehicle designed to carry groups of paying customers on 10-minute joyrides that brush the edge of space.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for joyride
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joyride. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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