JAUNT

v. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

To jolt; to jounce. [Obs.] Bale.

4.
n.

A wearisome journey. [R.] Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his aëry jaunt, though hurried sore. Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest. Milton.

5.
n.

A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.

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