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joyride

  • /ˈd͡ʒɔɪˌɹaɪd/ US, UK

noun joyrides · joy ride

  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. Launched last March, the H.C.C. is similar to a country club-except, instead of playing golf, members take joyrides or leisurely weekend trips in any of the top-of-the-line cars housed in a Century City garage.

    Similar: rip

  2. 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. Thieves took three go-karts for a joyride through the streets of Norwich.
  3. figuratively A very pleasant experience. Hello, you fool, I love you / Come on, join the joyride

verb joyrides · joyriding · joyrode · joyridden · joy ride

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

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noun ride taken for enjoyment

Portuguêsrolê
DeutschSpritztour

verb to take a joyride

Portuguêsrolezar

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@misc{joyride_2026,
  title = {joyride},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/joyride},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}