[ UK /d‍ʒˈɔːnt/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒɔnt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a journey taken for pleasure
    it was merely a pleasure trip
    many summer excursions to the shore
    after cautious sashays into the field
VERB
  1. make a trip for pleasure
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use jaunt In A Sentence

  • We used to go off on little jaunts on it while we were in Panama. Times, Sunday Times
  • A busy owner could get to it cheaply from the UK and take it on little jaunts. Times, Sunday Times
  • We were also greeted by a large man in rumpled chef's whites and a rakish black beret, a handkerchief knotted jauntily around his neck.
  • The use of the word tilted in the sentence "Thinking caps tilted at a jaunty angle". EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines
  • There is jaunty fairground music playing but one of the rabbits looks a bit mournful. The Sun
  • It was light and breezy with jaunty incidental music and you could totally see what the producers had in mind. Times, Sunday Times
  • We move around every few weeks to a new destination (with the exception of the winter months when we stay in Bonita Springs, FL for several months in a row, with occasional jaunts on the weekends). Zumbox: A Viable Paper Mail Killer?
  • There ain't many jaunty little anecdotes. Times, Sunday Times
  • Tremain's novel is altogether jauntier, more various and energetic than these quotations imply.
  • The jaunty incidental music that has accompanied her progress from bedroom, through kitchen, to surgery ceases. Times, Sunday Times
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy