Joyride

Quick meaning: Joyride is a noun meaning (figurative) A very pleasant experience.

Meaning

(figurative) A very pleasant experience.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To take a joyride.
2. A ride in a vehicle taken solely for pleasure or enjoyment, especially a vehicle ride taken with no particular goal or purpose and just for the pleasure or enjoyment of a vehicle ride.
3. An instance of driving a motor vehicle in a carefree or reckless manner, especially a vehicle which has been taken without the permission of the owner.

Example Sentences

Hello, you fool, I love you / Come on, join the joyride

Thieves took three go-karts for a joyride through the streets of Norwich.

Joyrides and hikes: Commuters keep these 11 new Thomson-East Coast Line stations buzzing on the first day of operations

You joyride around for a while listening / to the radio, and then abandon death, walk / away, and leave death for the police / to find.

Word Forms

• joyrides
• joy ride
• joyriding
• joyrode
• joyridden

Synonyms for joyride

Depending on context, synonyms include rip, tool.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tool, ride, trip, getaway, spree, cruise.

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