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
- "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
- aberrate
- adventure
- amble
- barnstorm
- boat
- carry
- circuit
- circumambulate
- circumlocute
- circumnutate
- coast
- cover
- cover ground
- cross
- cruise
- deviate
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- drive
- explore
- fare
- float
- fly
- follow one's nose
- gad
- gallivant
- get through
- globe trot
- globe-trot
- go
- go abroad
- go camping
- go into orbit
- go on the road
- go places
- go riding
- hie
- hike
- hit the road
- hit the trail
- holiday
- hop
- hopscotch
- jaunt
- jaunting
- jet
- journey
- junket
- keep steady pace
- knock about
- knock around
- make a journey
- make one's way
- maunder
- meander
- migrate
- mooch
- motor
- move
- navigate
- overnight
- pass
- peregrinate
- proceed
- process
- progress
- push on
- ramble
- range
- repair
- roam
- roaming
- roll
- rove
- roving
- run around
- safari
- sail
- saunter
- scour
- set forth
- set out
- sightsee
- straggle
- stray
- stroll
- strolling
- stump
- swing
- take a boat
- take a plane
- take a train
- take a trip
- take to the road
- tour
- trail
- traipse
- tramp
- transmit
- travel
- traveling
- traverse
- trek
- trekking
- trip
- vacation
- vagabond
- visit
- voyage
- walk
- walk the tracks
- wander
- wander about
- wayfaring
- weekend
- wend
- winding
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