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Noun: joyriding  'joy,rI-ding
  1. Driving fast and showing off in a stolen vehicle
    "The teenagers were arrested for joyriding in a stolen sports car";
    - hotting [Brit]
Verb: joyride (joyrode,joyridden)  'joy,rId
  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: joyridings

Type of: ride

Encyclopedia: Joyriding

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