joy ride

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joy ride

noun joy rides

  1. 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. 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.
  2. A very pleasant experience. 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."

verb joy rides · joy riding · joy rode · joy ridden

  1. alternative Alternative form of joyride

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@misc{joy_ride_2026,
  title = {joy ride},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/joy%20ride},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}