jaunt
noun
a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
jaunted
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past participleof jaunt.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof jaunt.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
jauntnouna short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
Example Sentences
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As he jaunted to the mound for the fourth, the crowd woke up, rising in volume; but not for Kochanowicz.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
One model jaunted down the runway in a ruffle-lined hot-pink tweed jacket, another in a matching skirt.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023
As if to underline the need for joy, a reggae dancer jaunted down center stage to close the show.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2022
Last week, he jaunted to Tallahassee, The Villages and Tampa with Dr. Scott Atlas, President Trump’s controversial new coronavirus adviser.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2020
He chanced to take a pretty damsel's eye, As, a strange sailor, he through Naples jaunted; All that she did for him so tenderly, E'en to his blessed end the poor man haunted.
From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Charles Timothy Brooks
