jaunt

Meanings

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

1. To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
2. To ride on a jaunting car.
3. To jolt; to jounce.
4. To tire a horse by riding it hard or back and forth.

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.