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noun

Definition of joyridenext
as in transit

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joyride

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verb

1
as in to cut up

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as in to automobile

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Recent Examples of joyride
Noun
Florida detectives are pursuing a group of teenagers whose late-night joyride across a local golf course left the pristine landscape scarred by deep tire tracks and thousands of dollars in property damage. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 4 May 2026 An emotionally disturbed man swiped an idling private ambulance off a Bronx street Thursday — taking the rescue vehicle on a short joyride before crashing it into a car, police said. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
Verb
Now, to joyride around the skyscrapers. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for joyride
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joyride
  1. transit
  2. cut up
  3. motor
  4. transport
  5. clown
  6. tool
  7. transportation
  8. kite
Noun
  • However, some state workers currently using public transit have questions about capacity, especially as declining state and federal transit funding puts a strain on transit agencies.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • To help businesses prepare, Georgia Commute Options encouraged employers to consider flexible schedules, transit use and remote work arrangements when possible.
    — Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of transit
Verb
  • Everything is cut up and put together through chance operations into what Cage called a Musicircus.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • During the matchup, Jeter dove into the stands in the top of the 12th inning to catch a foul ball, emerging from the crowd cut up and bruised.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 29 June 2026
Definition of cut up
Verb
  • Eventually, Flores and Álvarez motored to the rendezvous point, where there was no sign of the Fiorella, or of the other skiff.
    — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
  • Mora picked the ball up on halfway and just kept on motoring forward, moving towards two runners on the right, eventually nudging the ball through for Jorge Sanchez, who bundled the ball across for Quinones to finish.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of motor
Noun
  • United Airlines also holds numerous contracts including with the Department of Defense for transport.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • The rescue recently put its transport vehicle up for sale to keep operations going.
    — Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
Definition of transport
Verb
  • Eventually a local newspaper wrote a piece about me and my dad, the father/son clown duo.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • In the second episode, Tom spends a night in the local inn, and ends up in a crawl space with the ghost of a psychotic killer clown.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
Definition of clown
Verb
  • Even most CEOs don’t have a full picture of which AI tools their teams are using.
    — Phil Portman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Perry was also spotted behind the wheel of an electric vehicle and tooled around town with Trudeau riding in the passenger seat.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Definition of tool
Noun
  • None of the public campaign financing can come from funds designated for education, transportation or public safety.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Doug Turnbull covers the traffic/transportation beat for WXIA-TV (11Alive).
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of transportation
Verb
  • From sailing along the islets of Daku and Naked Island, to kite surfing and paddle boarding, water activities come in troves here.
    — Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2026
  • In February of 2017, the British business magnate Richard Branson posted photos of Obama learning to kite surf off Branson’s private island, in the Caribbean.
    — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of kite

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