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 →

2) (verb) To go on such a trip. tree →

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 →
• Toad planned a jaunt along the open road in his caravan. tree →
• The friends took a jaunt into town. tree →
• Grandma enjoys a jaunt in the countryside. tree →
• Our class jaunt to the zoo was great fun. tree →
• They jaunted off to France for the weekend. tree →

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.
• Rat's real boat» (a jaunt = a short trip for fun).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jaunt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.