1. A ride in a car taken solely for pleasure
   "they took their girlfriends for joyrides he joined a barbershop quartet=the quartet of hikers left early"
    
2. An instance of taking and driving someone else's vehicle without permission, typically in a fast or reckless manner
   "The car was taken on a joyride"

1. Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
   "The teenagers joyrode around town all night";
   - tool [N. Amer, informal], tool around [informal]
    
2. Take and drive someone else's vehicle without permission, typically in a fast or reckless manner
   "Teenagers joyrided in the stolen car"

Derived forms: joyrides, joyridden, joyriding, joyrode

Type of: drive, ride

Encyclopedia: Joyride