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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The men and women of Road Warriors for the Missing weren’t getting ready for a joyride.
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Lauren Lantry, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2024
The joyride continues for Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 which has entered the list of Top 10 highest-grossing movies ever worldwide.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
The company has plans to bring the aircraft to the Bay Area so people can go for joyrides or short trips around the region.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
When a 10-week joyride with a girlfriend, funded with credit cards stolen from his dad, landed him in juvenile court, the judge ordered him to join the military.
—thehustle.co, 14 June 2024
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Lauren Lantry, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2024
The joyride continues for Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 which has entered the list of Top 10 highest-grossing movies ever worldwide.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2024
The company has plans to bring the aircraft to the Bay Area so people can go for joyrides or short trips around the region.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
When a 10-week joyride with a girlfriend, funded with credit cards stolen from his dad, landed him in juvenile court, the judge ordered him to join the military.
—thehustle.co, 14 June 2024
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joyride. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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