4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jaunt \Jaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jaunted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Jaunting}.] [Cf. Scot. jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt,
jeer, dial. Sw ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perh.
akin to E. jump. Cf {Jaunce}.]
1. To ramble here and there to stroll; to make an excursion.
2. To ride on a jaunting car
{Jaunting car}, a kind of low-set open vehicle, used in
Ireland, in which the passengers ride sidewise, sitting
back to back [Written also {jaunty car}.] --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jaunt \Jaunt\, v. t.
To jolt; to jounce. [Obs.] --Bale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jaunt \Jaunt\, n.
1. A wearisome journey. [R.]
Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his
a["e]ry jaunt, though hurried sore. Hungry and cold,
betook him to his rest. --Milton.
2. A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a
short journey.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
jaunt
n : a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the
shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious
sashays into the field" [syn: {excursion}, {outing}, {junket},
{pleasure trip}, {expedition}, {sashay}]
v : make a trip for pleasure [syn: {travel}, {trip}]
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