Meaning

1 senses

  1. To take a joyride.

More definitions
  • ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Tom got caught joyriding in a stolen vehicle.

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  2. Tom was caught joyriding in a stolen vehicle.

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  3. Tom took his father's car for a joyride.

    deTom unternahm mit dem Wagen seines Vaters eine Spazierfahrt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom seized an unsecured bus at night and took it for a joyride until early morning.

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  5. He also chastised the world’s billionaires, who he said went “joyriding to space while millions go hungry on Earth.”

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

joyrides, joyriding, joyrode, joyridden
Base formjoyride · to joyride
3rd person singularjoyrides
Present participlejoyriding
Past simplejoyrode
Past participlejoyridden

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjoyride
he, she, itjoyrides

Past simpleLesson

all personsjoyrode

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave joyridden
he, she, ithas joyridden

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill joyride

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it:tooltool around

Word family

2 related words
Relatedjoyriderjoyriding

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
joyA2joyfuljoyfullyjoyousjoystickjubilantjubilation
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