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joyride
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun joyride has 1 sense
- joyride(n = noun.act) Array - a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure; "they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars" is a kind of drive, ride
Derived form verb joyride1
Verb joyride has 1 sense
- joyride(v = verb.motion) tool, tool around - ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" is one way to ride
Derived form noun joyride1
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
joyride, n. & v. colloq.
--n. a ride for pleasure in a motor car, esp. without the owner's permission.
--v.intr. (past -rode; past part. -ridden)
--n. a ride for pleasure in a motor car, esp. without the owner's permission.
--v.intr. (past -rode; past part. -ridden)
Derivative
joyrider n.
THESAURUS
joyride
Sunday drive, airing, bicycle, bike, bus, catch a train, chauffeur, cycle, drive, entrain, go by rail, lift, make a train, motor, motorcycle, pedal, pickup, ride, spin, take a joyride, taxi, wheel, whirl
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