Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

joy ride

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: joy ride
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of joyride

noun

Alternative form of joyride

verb

Alternative form of joyride.

Example Sentences

"Kielcheski arrived at 8.45 pm in a silver Jeep Cherokee, and the two went on what was later found to be a local joy ride, smoking marijuana."
"Last night’s season 11 finale of Bones titled, “The Nightmare in the Nightmare,” definitely took us on a climactic joy ride in what felt like a hybrid of the classic horror films, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Saw.""

Inflected Forms

joy rides (plural) joy rides (present, singular) joy riding (participle, present) joy rode (past) joy ridden (participle, past)

Questions

What does joy ride mean?: Alternative form of joyride

How to pronounce joy ride

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