Definition of Joyrider

1. Noun. A person who goes on a joyride ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Joyrider

1. one that joyrides [n -S] - See also: joyrides

Lexicographical Neighbors of Joyrider

joyning
joyous
joyously
joyousness
joyousnesses
joypad
joypads
joypop
joypopped
joypopper
joypoppers
joypopping
joypops
joyridden
joyride
joyrider (current term)
joyriders
joyrides
joyriding
joyridings
joyrode
joys
joysome
joystick waggler
joystick wagglers
joysticked
joysticking
joysticklike
joysticks

Literary usage of Joyrider

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
".Judge Dike remarked that the next joyrider who was brought before him would be sentenced to Sing Sing—Id., June 13. Juba. A negro dance accompanied with ..."

2. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"joyrider in Demurrer. " Aud the said Alexander Kinloch likewise." The Prisoner's Counsel admitted, that his case is within the letter of the act of the last ..."

3. Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet by Roberts Vaux, Anthony Benezet (1817)
"It is not more astonishing than lamentable, that any of the descendants of PENN, the wise and benevolent joyrider; should allow of such devia- ..."

4. My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer (1917)
"One day the one-armed pilot was up with a " joyrider "; that is, an officer who was not a regular aerial observer but was sight-seeing. ..."

5. My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer (1917)
"One day the one-armed pilot was up with a " joyrider"; that is, an officer who was not a regular aerial observer but was sight-seeing. ..."

6. Children in Northern Ireland: Abused by Security Forces and Paramilitaries by Lois Whitman (1992)
"... with a placard around their necks saying, "I am a hood," or "I am a joyrider." It's the softest option the Provos can take — public shaming. ..."

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