JOYRIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does joyride mean? 

• JOYRIDE (noun)
  The noun JOYRIDE has 1 sense:

1. a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure

  Familiarity information: JOYRIDE used as a noun is very rare.

• JOYRIDE (verb)
  The verb JOYRIDE has 1 sense:

1. ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it

  Familiarity information: JOYRIDE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOYRIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ride in a car taken solely for pleasure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars

Hypernyms ("joyride" is a kind of...):

drive; ride (a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile))

Derivation:

joyride (ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it)

• JOYRIDE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

joyride; tool; tool around

Context example:

We tooled down the street

Hypernyms (to "joyride" is one way to...):

ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)

Verb group:

tool (drive)

Domain category:

driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

joyride (a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure)