jaunt

English

Etymology

Compare Scots jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer, dial. Swedish ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːnt

Noun

jaunt (plural jaunts)

1. (archaic) A wearisome journey.
   • Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his aëry 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.

Verb

jaunt (third-person singular simple present jaunts, present participle jaunting, simple past and past participle jaunted)

1. (intransitive) To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
2. (intransitive) To ride on a jaunting car.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To jolt; to jounce.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bale to this entry?)

Translations

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

• Russian: кататься (ru) (katatʹsja)

• Spanish: paseo (es) m, excursión (es) f

Derived terms

• jaunting car

Anagrams

• junta

References

• Jaunting-Car in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.