1
: a ride taken for pleasure (as in a car or aircraft)
especially
: an automobile ride marked by reckless driving (as in a stolen car)
2
: conduct or action resembling a joyride especially in disregard of cost or consequences
Examples of joyride in a Sentence
Some teenager stole my car and took it for a joyride.
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Pete Docter recalled stealing one of his co-workers cars and taking it for a joyride.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024
Leonard Slatkin, Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director laureate, returns to Detroit this weekend for a musical joyride with the orchestra.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
Drew’s Joker the Harlequin seizes the means of production and takes them on a joyride through all that is sacred to nerds.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Mixing social commentary with popcorn entertainment, Sliders is a joyride through infinite Earths.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024
Leonard Slatkin, Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director laureate, returns to Detroit this weekend for a musical joyride with the orchestra.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
Drew’s Joker the Harlequin seizes the means of production and takes them on a joyride through all that is sacred to nerds.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Mixing social commentary with popcorn entertainment, Sliders is a joyride through infinite Earths.
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Joyride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joyride. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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