noun
jaunt
jawnt
noun
1
A short trip taken for pleasure.
"We took a weekend jaunt to the coast."
"He treated the drive as a leisurely jaunt rather than a race to get there."
verb
1
To make a short trip somewhere for enjoyment.
"They jaunted off to Paris for the long weekend."
How to Use Jaunt
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA brief, casual trip somewhere, usually for fun rather than necessity.
Common pairings
a quick jaunt
weekend jaunt
jaunt into town
Word Forms
jaunted past tense, jaunts plural, jaunts singular
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Etymology
Origin uncertain, possibly linked to an old dialect word meaning to tire a horse out with hard riding, before it softened into meaning any short excursion.