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joyride

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joyride
n
a ride taken for pleasure in a car, esp in a stolen car driven recklessly
vb joy-ride -rides, -riding, -rode, -ridden
(intr) to take such a ride
joyrider  n
joyriding  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.joyridejoyride - 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"
Verb1.joyridejoyride - ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street"
driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
ride - 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"
Translations
joyride [ˈdʒɔɪraɪd]
A. N
1. (= irresponsible action) → escapada f
2. (in stolen car) to go for a joyridedar una vuelta en un coche robado
B. VIdar una vuelta en un coche robado


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"It's because you don't like my way of living," he charged, thinking in his own mind of the sensational joyrides and general profligacy with which the newspapers had credited him--thinking this, and wondering whether or not, in maiden modesty, she would disclaim knowledge of it.
 
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