joy ride

joyride

1. Literally, a ride in a car done for the sole purpose of pleasure or excitement, especially when the car has been stolen or borrowed without permission. The three teenagers were caught going for a joyride in one of their parent's trucks. The joyride ended in disaster when it crashed head-on into a semitruck on the freeway.
2. slang A drug-induced state of intense euphoria; a powerful high. That coke that Tommy brought gave me one heck of a joyride. These kids go around looking for some quick joyrides, and they end up getting hooked on the junk for the rest of their lives.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

joy ride

1. n. a drinking bout or party. There’s a little joy ride over at Tom’s.
2. n. a state of euphoria from drug use. (Drugs.) Ernie’s on a little joy ride right now and can’t come to the phone.
3. n. a ride where the passenger does not return alive. (Underworld.) Mr. Big wanted Sam to take Harry the Horse on a joy ride.
See also: joy, ride
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • joyride
  • crash and burn
  • stop behind
  • stop behind (someone or something)
  • nudge out
  • for a drive
  • go for a drive
  • go out for a drive
  • pull up alongside (someone or something)
  • for a spin
References in periodicals archive
Once again, last Sunday I was in John 15, where Jesus spoke to us about His being the "True Vine" and we are the "branches." My key verse was John 15:11: "I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete." Jesus said He told us "these things" in John 15 so that we might have His "joy down in our hearts" -- a far cry from the happiness and bliss (joy ride) this world offers.
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India] Jun 19( ANI ): Two women were injured during a stampede which ensued at the Saharanpur festival and craft fair after a malfunction allegedly took place in the gears of a joy ride.
The star drivers and joy rides are just part of the immersive experience that Proton will offer at the show.
"It basically looks like right now that a bunch of juveniles were out on a joy ride," Cooper said.
The event featured off-road activities such as: UTV Time Trials, UTV Joy Ride X, 4A[euro]"4 Splash and Dash, Lake Relays, Remote Control Car Twin Ring Challenge, the A-MAZE-ING Strada, the Navarra Showdown, and the Wrangler Trail.
One question we're wondering, did they leave the one-year-old babe behind, or did baby boy Jude Hadi come along for the joy ride?
(2006/15) Joy Ride Film4, 11.35pm It's not so much a joy ride as a hell ride for three fun-seekers who travel across the States as part of a vacation.
According to the police, the four were on a joy ride to Delhi after attending a party and were test driving their new Honda CRV car.
Orlando, FL, June 11, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Hollywood isn't the only place that the film industry is alive says Joy Ride Productions founder/ director of a new psychological thriller, Saint.
JONES the Jag (Daily Post 7 February), Welsh Secretary David Jones''s recent joy ride promoting Wylfa B has suffered a setback, not least with events in Cumbria and within his own party.
Both events run from 10am till 5pm and will feature Kinect Adventures, Kinectimals, Kinect Joy Ride, Kinect Sports, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved and Dance Central.
A 7 year old boy took a joy ride in his father's car, driving recklessly chased by police at 4mph.
madworld JOY RIDE A MAN in a cowboy hat who rode a horse through a Denver suburb in the US has been cited for riding an animal under the influence.
This book is a fast-paced joy ride! Just the right mix of romance, mystery and humor.
8 after a 22-year-old took it for a 350-mile trip from Florida to Georgia then took five friends for a "joy ride."