Antonyms for jaunting

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : jawnt, jahnt

Phonetic Transcription : dʒɔnt, dʒɑnt

Definition of jaunting

Origin : 1670s in modern sense of "short pleasure trip," earlier "tiresome journey" (1590s), earlier as a verb, "tire a horse by riding back and forth on it" (1560s), of unknown origin, perhaps from some obscure Old French word. As a verb in the modern sense from 1640s. Related: Jaunted; jaunting.

As in wandering : adj meandering
As in journey : verb travel
As in tour : verb visit, journey
As in travel : verb journey on a trip or tour
As in wander : verb move about aimlessly
As in peregrinate : verb journey
As in cruise : verb sail
As in gad : verb roam about
As in gallivant : verb run around, gad about

Example sentences :

"The jaunting car it was that ran away with her," says Judy.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

His house was soon well furnished: she made him get her a jaunting car.
Extract from : « Handy Andy, Volume One » by Samuel Lover

Its one of the patriots of 98, said the jaunting car driver.
Extract from : « One Irish Summer » by William Eleroy Curtis

We shall certainly have you jaunting off to London some day.
Extract from : « The Head Girl at the Gables » by Angela Brazil

It, therefore, became necessary that she should ask her grandfather to lend her the jaunting car.
Extract from : « Can You Forgive Her? » by Anthony Trollope

For two or three weeks they go on living at home, and most of that time they are "jaunting," that is, drinking.
Extract from : « The Kingdom of God is Within You » by Count Leo Tolstoy

Carts with donkeys attached, resembled somewhat the jaunting car in Ireland.
Extract from : « A Journey Through France in War Time » by Joseph G. Butler, Jr.

He used to wait at the stage door and drive her back to her lodgings in his own jaunting car.
Extract from : « Carnival » by Compton Mackenzie

There are no railway trains or street cars running in the morning, and you cannot find a cab or a jaunting car on the street.
Extract from : « One Irish Summer » by William Eleroy Curtis

You can go there by train from Dublin three or four times a day, taking a jaunting car at Rathdrum or Rathnew station.
Extract from : « One Irish Summer » by William Eleroy Curtis

Synonyms for jaunting

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