1
: a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure
a weekend jaunt to the coast
2
archaic
: a tiring trip
jaunted; jaunting; jaunts
Examples of jaunt in a Sentence
Noun
a four-day jaunt to the mountains
took a leisurely jaunt up to the mountains for the day
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2025
The jaunt, dubbed A Quiet Celebration, will hit 20 cities over 55 dates, with stops at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, the Beacon in New York City and the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
The Holiday 100 makes its annual jolly jaunt back to Billboard’s charts menu.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The global stadium jaunt is now slated to kick-off with a two-night stand at Goyang Stadium in Goyang, South Korea on July 5-6, before moving on to SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on July 12-13.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2025
The jaunt, dubbed A Quiet Celebration, will hit 20 cities over 55 dates, with stops at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, the Beacon in New York City and the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
Winter is coming, and that means curtailing my cruising, but the joys of jaunting around on this sweet ride should keep me warm even as the weather grows cold.
—WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
The Holiday 100 makes its annual jolly jaunt back to Billboard’s charts menu.
—Gary Trust, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaunt. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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