joyride

joyride

n a ride taken for pleasure in a car, esp in a stolen car driven recklessly vb, -rides, -riding, -rode or -ridden (intr) to take such a ride ˈjoyˌrider n ˈjoyˌriding n

joy•ride

(ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪd)

n., v. -rode, -rid•den, -rid•ing. n. 1. a pleasure ride in an automobile, esp. when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission. 2. a brief exciting or reckless interlude. v.i. 3. to go on a joyride. [1905–10, Amer.] joy′rid`er, n.

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Noun

1.joyride - a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure; "they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars"ride, drive - a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car"

Verb

1.joyride - ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street"tool around, tooldriving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animalride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"tool - drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"