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Excursion

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jauntnounA short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
expeditionnounA trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
sashayverb(intransitive) To walk casually, showily, or in a flirty manner; to strut, swagger or flounce.
digressionnounAn aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
junketnounA pleasure trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.
outingnounA pleasure trip or excursion.
pleasure tripnounA trip taken for personal, non-work reasons.

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WordDefinition
outingnounA pleasure trip or excursion.
pleasure tripnounA trip taken for personal, non-work reasons.
jauntnounA short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
expeditionnounA trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
digressionnounAn aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
junketnounA pleasure trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment.
sashaynounA sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.
tripnounA journey; an excursion or jaunt.
journeynounA set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
travellingnounThe act of one who travels; a journey.
touringnoun(informal) A touring car.
travelnounThe act of traveling; passage from place to place.
tournounA journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
sightseeingnounThe activity of going out looking at things; tourism.
trailnounThe track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
movementnounPhysical motion between points in space.
relocationnounThe act of moving from one place to another.
hikenounA long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
hikingnounWalking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.
visitnounA single act of visiting.

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