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jahnt
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jaunt
/
dʒɔnt
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dʒɑnt
/
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jawnt
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jahnt
]
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noun
1.
a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
verb (used without object)
2.
to make a short journey.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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Origin:
1560–70;
origin uncertain
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jaunt·ing·ly,
adverb
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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.
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