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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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