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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.

In a jaunty manner.

The quality of being jaunty. That jauntiness of air I was once master of. Addison.

Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.

In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; fippantly.

A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver. I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor. Sir W. Scott.

To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner. They cocked their hats in each other's faces. Macaulay.

bill, to pay it. [Colloq.] -- To foot it, to walk; also, to dance. If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest. Dryden.

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See Jauntily.

See Jauntiness.

See Jaunty.

One who struts; one who bears himself jauntily; a fop. [Obs.] Palsgrave.

A feast; an entertainment. A new jaunt or junket every night. Thackeray.

To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head. Cowper. Sherburne.

Perk; pert; jaunty; trim. There amid perky larches and pines. Tennyson.

Jaunty; showy. [Prov. Eng.]

Smart; jaunty; spruce. See Smirk, a. [Obs.] So smerk, so smooth, his pricked ears. Spenser.

A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt. I took a trip to London on the death of the queen. Pope.