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
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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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Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
Skip the Rose Bowl loop and take this woodsy path instead
This 2-mile jaunt in Pasadena takes you away from the busy Rose Bowl loop to a quieter path.
—L.a. Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
But for a sip of the old optimism, consider wrapping your Green Line jaunt with a detour to The Cove (Christian name: the Cove Lounge), one of the Near South Side’s best dive bars and one of the most quintessentially Chicago nights out anywhere.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Climb the cabin’s scenic watchtower to scout for wildlife like ospreys, bald eagles, and deer, or catch more flora and fauna from the nearby hiking jaunts, including six-mile out-and-back Snoopers Rock Trail, roughly a 30-minute drive away.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
Skip the Rose Bowl loop and take this woodsy path instead
This 2-mile jaunt in Pasadena takes you away from the busy Rose Bowl loop to a quieter path.
—L.a. Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
Bruce Almighty jaunts through the travails of an ordinary person gifted the abilities of God, but there’s a cosmic horror to the prospect of a man accruing that kind of power.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
But for a sip of the old optimism, consider wrapping your Green Line jaunt with a detour to The Cove (Christian name: the Cove Lounge), one of the Near South Side’s best dive bars and one of the most quintessentially Chicago nights out anywhere.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaunt. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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