Meaning of "jaunt" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JAUNT

Of unknown origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF JAUNT

jaunt  [dʒɔːnt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JAUNT

Jaunt is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb jaunt in English.

WHAT DOES JAUNT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jaunt

Jaunt may refer to: ▪ Jaunt, a 1977 sculpture designed by Robin Jensen, at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan ▪ "The Jaunt", a 1981 short story by Stephen King, first published in The Twilight Zone Magazine ▪ Teleportation, also known as Jaunt in Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination, the Stephen King story and in the TV series The Tomorrow People...

Definition of jaunt in the English dictionary

The definition of jaunt in the dictionary is a short pleasurable excursion; outing. Other definition of jaunt is to go on such an excursion.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO JAUNT

PRESENT

Present

I jaunt

you jaunt

he/she/it jaunts

we jaunt

you jaunt

they jaunt

Present continuous

I am jaunting

you are jaunting

he/she/it is jaunting

we are jaunting

you are jaunting

they are jaunting

Present perfect

I have jaunted

you have jaunted

he/she/it has jaunted

we have jaunted

you have jaunted

they have jaunted

Present perfect continuous

I have been jaunting

you have been jaunting

he/she/it has been jaunting

we have been jaunting

you have been jaunting

they have been jaunting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I jaunted

you jaunted

he/she/it jaunted

we jaunted

you jaunted

they jaunted

Past continuous

I was jaunting

you were jaunting

he/she/it was jaunting

we were jaunting

you were jaunting

they were jaunting

Past perfect

I had jaunted

you had jaunted

he/she/it had jaunted

we had jaunted

you had jaunted

they had jaunted

Past perfect continuous

I had been jaunting

you had been jaunting

he/she/it had been jaunting

we had been jaunting

you had been jaunting

they had been jaunting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will jaunt

you will jaunt

he/she/it will jaunt

we will jaunt

you will jaunt

they will jaunt

Future continuous

I will be jaunting

you will be jaunting

he/she/it will be jaunting

we will be jaunting

you will be jaunting

they will be jaunting

Future perfect

I will have jaunted

you will have jaunted

he/she/it will have jaunted

we will have jaunted

you will have jaunted

they will have jaunted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been jaunting

you will have been jaunting

he/she/it will have been jaunting

we will have been jaunting

you will have been jaunting

they will have been jaunting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would jaunt

you would jaunt

he/she/it would jaunt

we would jaunt

you would jaunt

they would jaunt

Conditional continuous

I would be jaunting

you would be jaunting

he/she/it would be jaunting

we would be jaunting

you would be jaunting

they would be jaunting

Conditional perfect

I would have jaunt

you would have jaunt

he/she/it would have jaunt

we would have jaunt

you would have jaunt

they would have jaunt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been jaunting

you would have been jaunting

he/she/it would have been jaunting

we would have been jaunting

you would have been jaunting

they would have been jaunting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you jaunt
we let´s jaunt
you jaunt

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to jaunt

Past participle

jaunted

Present Participle

jaunting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «JAUNT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «jaunt» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of jaunt

airing · awayday · excursion · expedition · outing · promenade · ramble · stroll · tour · trip

TRANSLATION OF JAUNT

Find out the translation of jaunt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of jaunt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jaunt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 短途旅游
• Translator English - Spanish: excursión
• English: jaunt
• Translator English - Hindi: मनोरंजन की यात्रा
• Translator English - Arabic: رحلة قصيرة
• Translator English - Russian: прогулка
• Translator English - Portuguese: Emocionado
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রমোদ-ভ্রমণ
• Translator English - French: balade
• Translator English - Malay: Jaunt
• Translator English - German: Spritztour
• Translator English - Japanese: 遠足
• Translator English - Korean: 소풍
• Translator English - Javanese: Lunga
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đi chơi
• Translator English - Tamil: நிகழ்ச்சியில் பங்கேற்றதால்
• Translator English - Marathi: शर्यत
• Translator English - Turkish: dolaşmak
• Translator English - Italian: gita
• Translator English - Polish: wypad
• Translator English - Ukrainian: прогулянка
• Translator English - Romanian: excursie
• Translator English - Greek: εξόρμηση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Horde
• Translator English - Swedish: utfärd
• Translator English - Norwegian: utflukt

2 QUOTES WITH «JAUNT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word jaunt.

1

Spencer Kayden

I don't seem to take vacations, but I must say, a jaunt into Central Park can be mighty transporting. My boy and I can spend hours in the Ramble scaling rocks and sword fighting with sticks. I often forget I'm in Manhattan when I'm in there.

2

Bess Truman

I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JAUNT»

Discover the use of jaunt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jaunt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Wine Miscellany: A Jaunt Through the Whimsical World of Wine

Packed with arcane information, trivia, and lore about everything from types of cork and other bottle closures to the rarest and the most expensive wines, a handbook for wine connoisseurs and novice oenophiles alike traces the history of ...

Graham Harding, 2006

Maji: A Jaunt Through the Rabbit Hole

Magi is the story of a man who believes that he understands the world he lives in and rejects ideas about "Alien Conspiracies," and sets out to prove his own assumption that cattle mutilations in the Colorado Rockies are the actions of a ...

J. Gerrard Scott, 2008

Johnnys Jaunt

Johnny's Jaunt By James Jackson Copyright © 2012 James Jackson. www. TerranChronicles.com This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. ' Johnny's Jaunt' may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This short story is ...

James Jackson

The Horologicon

The Horologicon (or book of hours) gives you the most extraordinary words in the English language, arranged according to the hour of the day when you really need them.

Mark Forsyth, 2012

A Summer Jaunt: Being a Rambling Autobiography of John ...

Mouncey herself, who was delighted at the prospect of a jaunt in a foreign country, laughed outright, and clapped her timorous and anxious mother upon the broad expanse of strained material which she called her back. " Lor', mother, how ...

John Strange Winter, 1899

Jaunt

Three caches of enigmatic jewels are discovered in Asia, artifacts from an extraterrestrial crash that bear a disturbing capability to alter time.

Erik Kreffel, 2007

The King's Jaunt: George IV in Scotland, August 1822 : One ...

Prebble brilliantly reveals the rotten heart of corruption, betrayal, and intrigue at the heart of the ceremony of this great occasion, and from it all emerges a vision of Scotland that remains with us today.

John Prebble, 2000

The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus

1 ; (jaundiced) envious, jealous, resentful. jaunt /jawnt/ • n. short excursion for enjoyment. See synonym study at JOURNEY. • v.intr. take a jaunt. • n. see EXCURSION 1. jaunt*y /jawntee/ adj. (jaunt-i-er, jaunfi* est) 1 cheerful and self- confident.

Elizabeth Jewell, 2006

Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Rural Public ...

The Metropolitan Planning Organization for Charlottesville- Albemarle Co. reports that 70% of the area's commuters drove alone in 1990; thus, the single car and one driver assumed above is probably the most realistic alternative to JAUNT.

Jon E. Burkhardt, James L. Hedrick, Adam T. McGavock, 1998

Innovative Rural Transit Services

Innovative Spirit JAUNT clearly reinvented itself in those years as human service funding was reduced. This in itself is an innovation as the agency saw a fundamental change as it adapted to the changing environment. As a result, it operates ...

Kenneth I. Hosen, S. Bennett Powell, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JAUNT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jaunt is used in the context of the following news items.

We drove a Ferrari California T to a track to watch Ferraris race …

Mixed in was a jaunt around the original Watkins Glen road course, where after World War II racers battled it out and before the now famous ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»

Bronwyn Bishop choppergate: Two new charter flights queried as …

BESIEGED Bronwyn Bishop spent most of her press conference staring down criticism of a $5227 helicopter jaunt to a Victorian Liberal Party ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»

Obama hitting Broadway with daughters after $1M fund-raiser | New …

WASHINGTON — President Obama is taking in some father-daughter bonding time in a rare jaunt to New York City without his wife, Michelle. «New York Post, Jul 15»

Interiors: a stylish Hamptons holiday home, perfect for a family …

... is that jeans and T-shirt combo, it has been dressed for a laid-back weekend jaunt: think textures, natural materials and just a hint of colour. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Claudia Quigg: Vacation at a child's pace - Herald & Review

On a jaunt downtown where shopping awaited the adults, Jane and Emmy discovered a busker playing an accordion and preferred to stay near ... «Herald & Review, Jul 15»

Diners Want the Internet to Help Plan Their Meals - Eater

... are making more and more inroads into the food world, and it seems nearly impossible to make a meal decision without a quick jaunt online. «Eater, Jul 15»

Jaunt through historic Juneau

A cross the gray waters of the Gastineau Channel the mountains are humpbacked shadows, with thin skeins of cloud drifting across their ... «Delta-Optimist, Jul 15»

Mugabe on another jaunt - NewsDay Zimbabwe

... Mandela Washington Fellowship 2015 · National Documents. Return to Content. You are here: Home › News › Mugabe on another jaunt ... «NewsDay, Jul 15»

Henderson Junior Auxiliary Jaunt

HENDERSON – As part of the Henderson Days Celebration the HHSC Junior Auxiliary hosted both a 5K and 10 K race. A total of 69 runners ... «York News-Times, Jul 15»

Moore Creek Park is perfect for afternoon jaunt

Former St. Helenans Andrea York and Max Katzmartsic are veterans of the Pacific Crest Trail. But when they were looking for a local hike last ... «Napa Valley Register, Jul 15»