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JAUNT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A journey taken for pleasure

Example:

after cautious sashays into the field

Synonyms:

excursion; expedition; jaunt; junket; outing; pleasure trip; sashay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("jaunt" is a kind of...):

journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jaunt"):

airing (a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air)

field trip (a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination)

Derivation:

jaunt (make a trip for pleasure)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a trip for pleasure

Synonyms:

jaunt; travel; trip

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Cause:

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jaunt"):

junket; junketeer (go on a pleasure trip)

travel to; visit (go to certain places as for sightseeing)

journey; travel (undertake a journey or trip)

ply; run (travel a route regularly)

commute (travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home)

peregrinate (travel around, through, or over, especially on foot)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

jaunt (a journey taken for pleasure)

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