jaunt
pronunciation
How to pronounce jaunt in British English:
UK [dʒɔ:nt]
How to pronounce jaunt in American English:
US [dʒɔnt, dʒɑnt]
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- Noun:
- a journey taken for pleasure
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- Verb:
- make a trip for pleasure
Word Origin
- jaunt (n.)
- 1670s in modern sense of "short pleasure trip," earlier "tiresome journey" (1590s), earlier as a verb, "tire a horse by riding back and forth on it" (1560s), of unknown origin, perhaps from some obscure Old French word. As a verb in the modern sense from 1640s. Related: Jaunted; jaunting.
Example
- 1. A child 's jaunt on a tricycle might become quite exciting .
- 2. She may never come back from her next little jaunt .
- 3. Sweetheart , could you take the garbage jaunt ?
- 4. She 's gone on a jaunt into town .
- 5. The source of this interest was once again her facebook page which , the turks were happy to report , included pictures of a recent jaunt to istanbul .