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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Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
Cuomo’s Wednesday campaign jaunt, on the other hand, revolved around advantageous locations that showcased his record.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 12 June 2024
Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry were onto something with their much-hyped (and equally ridiculed) jaunt into space.
—David Christopher Kaufman, Air Mail, 17 May 2025
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Noun
That routine 20-minute jaunt became the world’s first airplane hijacking.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
Cuomo’s Wednesday campaign jaunt, on the other hand, revolved around advantageous locations that showcased his record.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
Verb
As a family prepares to jaunt from New York to Mars, the father relays all the possible dangers and crazy theories about what exactly happens during the process.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 12 June 2024
Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry were onto something with their much-hyped (and equally ridiculed) jaunt into space.
—David Christopher Kaufman, Air Mail, 17 May 2025
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaunt. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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