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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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
Marshall got free for a 73-yard touchdown jaunt up the right boundary on the Rams’ third play from scrimmage — and CSU was literally and figuratively off to the races from there.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
His new solo record is his first in 19 years and this tour is his first solo US jaunt in nearly three decades.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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Noun
That's fine for punting around town and the occasional weekend jaunt beyond city limits.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
Marshall got free for a 73-yard touchdown jaunt up the right boundary on the Rams’ third play from scrimmage — and CSU was literally and figuratively off to the races from there.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
So five months ago, Stapleton bought a prone paddle and started training, first with smaller treks along the pier, then longer jaunts along the coastline, clocking more than 452 miles of training in recent months.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
His new solo record is his first in 19 years and this tour is his first solo US jaunt in nearly three decades.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaunt. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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