JOYRIDE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A ride in a car taken solely for pleasure

Example:

they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

Meaning:

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

Example:

We tooled down the street

Synonyms:

joyride; tool; tool around

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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)