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jaunt

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jaunt

  [jawnt, jahnt]
–noun
1. a short journey, esp. one taken for pleasure.
–verb (used without object)
2. to make a short journey.
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Origin:
1560–70; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
jaunt⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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jaunt   (jônt, jänt)   
n.  A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing.
intr.v.   jaunt·ed, jaunt·ing, jaunts
To make a short journey.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

jaunt 
1678 in modern sense, earlier meaning "tiresome journey" (1592), originally "to ride a horse in such a way as to tire him" (1572), of unknown origin, probably from some obscure O.Fr. word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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