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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔːnt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɑːnt/
• Rhymes: -ɔːnt, -ɑːnt

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
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet:

     Fie, what a jaunt have I had.

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

Translations

A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment

• Bulgarian: излет (bg) m (izlet), екскурзия (bg) f (ekskurzija)
• Dutch: uitstap (nl)
• French: balade (fr) f, promenade (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Ausflug (de), Vergnügungsfahrt f, Spritztour (de) f

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?)

Derived terms

• jaunting car

Translations

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

• Bulgarian: отивам на излет (otivam na izlet)
• Dutch: omzwerven (nl), een uitstap maken
• German: herumstreunen, einen Ausflug machen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: ката́ться (ru) (katátʹsja)
• Spanish: paseo (es) m, excursión (es) f

References

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Anagrams

• jantu, junta