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JOYRIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ride in a car taken solely for pleasure
Example:
they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("joyride" is a kind of...):
drive; ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))
Derivation:
joyride (ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
Example:
We tooled down the street
Synonyms:
joyride; tool; tool around
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "joyride" is one way to...):
ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)
Verb group:
tool (drive)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
joyride (a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure)
