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Synonyms for jaunting


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : jawnt, jahnt
Phonetic Transcription : dʒɔnt, dʒɑnt

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Définition of jaunting

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.
  • As in wandering : adj meandering
  • As in journey : verb travel
  • As in tour : verb visit, journey
  • As in travel : verb journey on a trip or tour
  • As in wander : verb move about aimlessly
  • As in peregrinate : verb journey
  • As in cruise : verb sail
  • As in gad : verb roam about
  • As in gallivant : verb run around, gad about
Example sentences :
  • "The jaunting car it was that ran away with her," says Judy.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • His house was soon well furnished: she made him get her a jaunting car.
  • Extract from : « Handy Andy, Volume One » by Samuel Lover
  • Its one of the patriots of 98, said the jaunting car driver.
  • Extract from : « One Irish Summer » by William Eleroy Curtis
  • We shall certainly have you jaunting off to London some day.
  • Extract from : « The Head Girl at the Gables » by Angela Brazil
  • It, therefore, became necessary that she should ask her grandfather to lend her the jaunting car.
  • Extract from : « Can You Forgive Her? » by Anthony Trollope
  • For two or three weeks they go on living at home, and most of that time they are "jaunting," that is, drinking.
  • Extract from : « The Kingdom of God is Within You » by Count Leo Tolstoy
  • Carts with donkeys attached, resembled somewhat the jaunting car in Ireland.
  • Extract from : « A Journey Through France in War Time » by Joseph G. Butler, Jr.
  • He used to wait at the stage door and drive her back to her lodgings in his own jaunting car.
  • Extract from : « Carnival » by Compton Mackenzie
  • There are no railway trains or street cars running in the morning, and you cannot find a cab or a jaunting car on the street.
  • Extract from : « One Irish Summer » by William Eleroy Curtis
  • You can go there by train from Dublin three or four times a day, taking a jaunting car at Rathdrum or Rathnew station.
  • Extract from : « One Irish Summer » by William Eleroy Curtis

Antonyms for jaunting

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