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Grammar : Noun
Spell : jawnt, jahnt
Phonetic Transcription : dʒɔnt, dʒɑnt

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Définition of jaunt

Origin :
  • 1670s in modern sense of "short pleasure trip," earlier "tiresome journey" (1590s), earlier as a verb, "tire a horse by riding back and forth on it" (1560s), of unknown origin, perhaps from some obscure Old French word. As a verb in the modern sense from 1640s. Related: Jaunted; jaunting.
  • noun expedition
Example sentences :
  • I reckon he's none gone off for a spoag; he's none gone for a jaunt.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • He didn't expect any Pullman-car jaunt; he could have had that at home.
  • Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace
  • A three days' jaunt in a good boat isn't a thing to frighten people like us.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • He did not put them on to be painted in—he was out on a jaunt.
  • Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
  • If we had our own misgivings about the end of this jaunt, our companions had none.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • Who would ever imagine that Dad would go on a jaunt like this?
  • Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
  • If the family's going to jaunt abroad I've got to jaunt too!
  • Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil
  • Some are merely there for a jaunt, to see the sights and the country.
  • Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
  • Besides my clothes, there were two things which interfered with the happiness of my jaunt.
  • Extract from : « The Dew of Their Youth » by S. R. Crockett
  • The two boys were highly delighted with their jaunt, and I not less so.
  • Extract from : « Journal of a Voyage to Brazil » by Maria Graham
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