2. Verb. (third-person singular of joyride) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Joyrides
1. joyride [v] - See also: joyride
Lexicographical Neighbors of Joyrides
Literary usage of Joyrides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Senescence, the Last Half of Life by Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"An Ohio lady of 91 who has been devoted to a motorcycle cannot bring herself to
give up her joyrides, although she now has a young man to guide the wheel. ..."
2. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by Gerhard Richard Lomer (1919)
"To ordinary indi- viduals the unending whirl of buzzing tele- 35 phones, joyrides,
noises, kisses, orchids, X champagne, and surreptitious banknotes THE ..."
3. Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours: With a Discussion of Aircraft in by Arthur Whitten Brown, Alan Bott (1920)
"... Britain—newspaper distribution, some special journeys, and many joyrides.
French aviators have opened tentative airways to Morocco, Senegal and Tunis. ..."
4. Street Verse: 80 New Poems for Befuddled Investors by Michael Silverstein (2003)
"... kind of inevitability—the whacks that market pros as well as investors take
when investing joyrides turn (as they inevitably do) into hard slogging. ..."
5. Maggie's Too by Paul E. Furdon (2001)
"... authority of the owner, are used by youths for 'joyrides' or transportation.
Many times a panic reaction by the operator triggers a high-speed pursuit. ..."
6. Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 by Maurer Maurer (1987)
"Many people would have liked a ride with an Air Service pilot, but joyrides for
civilians were prohibited. Pilots could take any member or employee of the ..."
7. Report of Employer's Liability Commission by John T. Clarkson (1912)
"We are selling our labor only—if the employer takes our life in pursuit of greater
dividends and longer joyrides he must pay for that life he takes without ..."
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