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joyride

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joy⋅ride

[joi-rahyd] noun, verb, -rode, -rid⋅den, -rid⋅ing.
–noun
1. a pleasure ride in an automobile, esp. when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
2. a brief, emotionally exciting interlude.
–verb (used without object)
3. to go on a joyride.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; joy + ride


joyrider, noun
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joyride

noun
1. a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure; "they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars" 

verb
1. ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" 
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