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Antonyms for joy ride


Grammar : Noun
Spell : joi-rahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪd



Definition of joy ride

  • As in run : noun journey
Example sentences :
  • That wasnt a joy ride to show what I could do in the way of handling the planeoh, no!
  • Extract from : « Don Hale with the Flying Squadron » by W. Crispin Sheppard
  • "Come on for a joy ride, Pete, and fetch Dickie," invited Wiggle.
  • Extract from : « Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D. » by Nellie M. Leonard
  • We'll plaster and bandage 'em up and they will finish their joy ride in the cart.
  • Extract from : « Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D. » by Nellie M. Leonard
  • With this, he went for a joy ride, and got drunk into the bargain.
  • Extract from : « The Forged Note » by Oscar Micheaux
  • I suppose it's kinder to them than to go for a joy ride; but it's hard on me.
  • Extract from : « Polly of the Hospital Staff » by Emma C. Dowd
  • I used to pile them in and give them as good a joy ride as the chauffeur, acting under orders, would allow.
  • Extract from : « The Great War As I Saw It » by Frederick George Scott
  • At 10-30 we went out for a walk—five of us—and our destination was the trenches, just for a few hours' joy ride.
  • Extract from : « Letters from France » by Isaac Alexander Mack
  • But, alas, it was an adventure which was to prove something more than a joy ride, before another two hours were past.
  • Extract from : « Dastral of the Flying Corps » by Rowland Walker
  • Terry might have been having a joy ride, a romp in the air, by the way she was banking so carelessly, circling and levelling off.
  • Extract from : « Gypsies of the Air » by Bess Moyer
  • For me to take this joy ride meant throwing over a whole day's engagements like so many ninepins.
  • Extract from : « The Brightener » by C. N. Williamson

Synonyms for joy ride

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