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Webster 1913 Edition
Jaunt
Jaunt
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Jaunted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jaunting
.] [Cf. Scot.
jaunder
to ramble, jaunt
to taunt, jeer, dial. Sw. ganta
to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perh. akin to E. jump
. Cf. Jaunce
.] 1.
To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
2.
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.
Jaunt
,Verb.
T.
To jolt; to jounce.
[Obs.]
Bale.
Jaunt
,Noun.
1.
A wearisome journey.
[R.]
Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind
After his aëry
Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Jaunt
JAUNT.
[See Jant.]Definition 2024
jaunt
jaunt
English
Noun
jaunt (plural jaunts)
- (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
- A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
Translations
A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment
Verb
jaunt (third-person singular simple present jaunts, present participle jaunting, simple past and past participle jaunted)
- (intransitive) To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
- (intransitive) To ride on a jaunting car.
- (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
