jaunt
noun/dʒɔːnt/
/dʒɔːnt/
(old-fashioned or humorous)- a short journey that you make for pleasure synonym excursionTopics Holidaysc2Word Originlate 16th cent.: of unknown origin. Originally depreciatory, early senses included ‘tire a horse out by riding it up and down’, ‘traipse about’, and (as a noun) ‘troublesome journey’. The current positive sense dates from the mid 17th cent.
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