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# jaunt

«jaunt» in Mova's school dictionary: **A short trip or outing for fun** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a jaunt, jaunts); verb (jaunt, jaunts, jaunted, jaunting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A short trip or outing for fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunt/#m1)

2) (verb) To go on such a trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunt/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows Toad loves jaunts: first in a gypsy caravan along the open road, then in motor cars. In everyday life: «a jaunt to the seaside». It is a light, happy word for a short pleasure trip, not a hard journey.

### examples

- We went on a jaunt to the beach on Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunt/#x1)
- Toad planned a jaunt along the open road in his caravan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunt/#x2)
- The friends took a jaunt into town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunt/#x3)
- Grandma enjoys a jaunt in the countryside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunt/#x4)
- Our class jaunt to the zoo was great fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunt/#x5)
- They jaunted off to France for the weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunt/#x6)

### note

Countable. Said «jawnt». Adjective «jaunty» means cheerful and confident.

### In the corpora

- [Portly is comforted by the promise of «a jaunt on the river in Mr.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/13/)
- [Rat's real boat» (a jaunt = a short trip for fun).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jaunt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.