1
: a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure
a weekend jaunt to the coast
2
archaic
: a tiring trip
jaunted; jaunting; jaunts
Synonyms
Examples of jaunt in a Sentence
Noun
a four-day jaunt to the mountains
took a leisurely jaunt up to the mountains for the day
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Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
For these users, and there are a lot of them, the Instagram grid — traditionally the province of documenting life milestones and jaunts to Mallorca — has become something else: A deliberate blank slate.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
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Noun
The 26-city jaunt begins on Aug. 21 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
For these users, and there are a lot of them, the Instagram grid — traditionally the province of documenting life milestones and jaunts to Mallorca — has become something else: A deliberate blank slate.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for jaunt
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaunt. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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