- jaunt⇄jaunt, noun, verb.
- jaunt⇄noun 1. a short journey or excursion, especially for pleasure.
Ex. a jaunt to the seashore. My uncle ... talks of treating us with a jaunt to London (Tobias Smollett).
2. (Obsolete.) a fatiguing journey.
Ex. Fie, how my bones ache! Wha - jaunt⇄v.i. to take a short pleasure trip or excursion.
Ex. If the authorities really believe our young service men need to travel, why not give them a free warrant to jaunt round British Railways? (London Times).