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excursion
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As a noun, excursion means a brief recreational trip. As a verb, it means go on a recreational trip or excursion.
Meanings of excursion
6 meaningsnoun
A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
“While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer.”
A wandering from the main subject: a digression.
aviationAn occurrence where an aircraft runs off the end or side of a runway or taxiway, usually during takeoff, landing, or taxi.
phoneticsA deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech.
A journey taken for pleasure
“many summer excursions to the shore”
“it was merely a pleasure trip”
“after cautious sashays into the field”
Similar: jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
verb
To go on a recreational trip or excursion.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).