Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jaunt

/d͡ʒɔnt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: jaunt
IPA: /d͡ʒɔnt/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wearisome journey.

Archaic

noun

A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.

verb

To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.

Intransitive verb

verb

To ride on a jaunting car.

Intransitive verb

verb

To jolt; to jounce.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To tire a horse by riding it hard or back and forth.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Our Savior, meek, and with untroubled mind After his aëry jaunt, though hurried sore. Hungry and cold, betook him to his rest."
"Fie, what a jaunt have I had."
"Some days later it happened that young Heriotside was stepping home over the Lang Muir about ten at night, it being his first jaunt from home since his arm had mended."
"To get into a Grecian car, and to be drawn, with Minerva at his back[…]four or five miles through the streets of London‥after having quietly suffered himself to be jaunted about in this manner"

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps a palatalised alteration of daunt (“to discourage”). Compare Scots jaunder (“to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer”), dialectal Swedish ganta (“to play the buffoon, romp, jest”); perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce. Modern usage likely influenced by jaunty.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /d͡ʒɔnt/
British English: /d͡ʒɔːnt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

jaunts (plural) jaunts (present, singular) jaunting (participle, present) jaunted (participle, past) jaunted (past)

Derived Forms

jaunter

Phrases

jaunting car

Synonyms

excursion outing junket pleasure trip expedition sashay travel trip

Rhymes With

haunt conte taunt flaunt gaunt daunt schwandt laplant pylant gauntt poissant aunt

Questions

How do you pronounce jaunt?: The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒɔnt/.
What does jaunt mean?: A wearisome journey.
Where does jaunt come from?: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a palatalised alteration of daunt (“to discourage”). Compare Scots jaunder (“to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer”), dialectal Swedish ganta (“to play the buffoon, romp, jest”); perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce. Modern usage likely influenced by jaunty.

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