jaunt

Compare Scots jaunder to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer, dial. Swedish ganta to play the buffoon, romp, jest; perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔːnt/
• (some accents) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɑːnt/
• Rhymes: -ɔːnt, -ɑːnt

jaunt (plural jaunts)

1. (archaic) A wearisome journey.
   • Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his aëry jaunt, though hurried sore. Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest. - Milton
2. A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.

jaunt (third-person singular simple present jaunts, present participle jaunting, simple past and past participle jaunted)

1. (intransitive) To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
2. (intransitive) To ride on a jaunting car.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To jolt; to jounce.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bale to this entry?)

• jaunting car

• Jaunting-Car in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• jantu, junta