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单词 joyriding
释义

joyride

noun

joy·​ride ˈjȯi-ˌrīd How to pronounce joyride (audio)
1
: a ride taken for pleasure (as in a car or aircraft)
especially : an automobile ride marked by reckless driving (as in a stolen car)
2
: conduct or action resembling a joyride especially in disregard of cost or consequences
joyride intransitive verb
joyrider
ˈjȯi-ˌrī-dər How to pronounce joyride (audio)
noun
joyriding noun

Example Sentences

Some teenager stole my car and took it for a joyride.
Recent Examples on the Web Sam and Victor's Day Off will follow two valets from the movie (unnamed in the original screenplay) who took that famous red Ferrari on a joyride. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 20 Aug. 2022 The trend involves thieves filming themselves breaking into a car and taking it for a joyride before dumping the car and abandoning it. Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 27 Aug. 2022 Most bikes, however, arrive from the factory ready for a casual Sunday joyride but not much else. Matt Jancer, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2022 Wingfoot Express dirigible took a joyride from Grant Park over the Loop, with catastrophic effects. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022 Just three days before their joyride, Momoa was involved in a road accident while driving his car in the same area. Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 July 2022 But don’t be fooled: the downhill slope is not a joyride. New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022 The experience is also a popular birthday and anniversary gift, a joyride with bragging rights. Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 2 June 2022 Robin and Vernon Huffman met 20 years ago at the Loma Alta Preserve, north of San Francisco in Marin County, on a winter joyride with their mountain-biking club: the Forest Knolls Freewheelers. Patty Hodapp, Outside Online, 8 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1

joyriding

verb

present participle of joyride
1
as in skylarking

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • skylarking
  • roughhousing
  • clowning
  • carousing
  • roistering
  • kiting
  • prancing
  • dancing
  • leaping
  • cutting up
  • hopping
  • reveling
  • cavorting
  • romping
  • larking
  • frolicking
  • loping
  • horsing around
  • revelling
  • skipping
  • fooling around
  • capering
  • tripping
  • rollicking
  • carrying on
  • gamboling
  • bounding
  • frisking
  • curvetting
  • springing
  • tumbling
  • sporting
  • gambolling
  • curveting
  • disporting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pouting
  • moping
  • sulking
  • stewing
2
as in driving

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • driving
  • motoring
  • automobiling
  • hacking
  • chauffeuring
  • racing
  • taxiing
  • tooling
  • dragging
  • riding
  • wheeling
  • rolling
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