joyride /ˈd͡ʒɔɪˌɹaɪd/noun 3verb 1forms 4 noun3 •A ride in a vehicle taken solely for pleasure or enjoyment, especially a vehicle ride taken with no particular goal or purpose and just for the pleasure or enjoyment of a vehicle ride.Joyrides and hikes: Commuters keep these 11 new Thomson-East Coast Line stations buzzing on the first day of operations — 2022 •An instance of driving a motor vehicle in a carefree or reckless manner, especially a vehicle which has been taken without the permission of the owner.Thieves took three go-karts for a joyride through the streets of Norwich. — 2008 •(figurative) A very pleasant experience.Hello, you fool, I love you / Come on, join the joyride — 1991 verb1 •To take a joyride.You joyride around for a while listening / to the radio, and then abandon death, walk / away, and leave death for the police / to find. — 1969 formsjoyrode · joyridden · joyriding · joyrides
