Jaunty Definition & Meaning
jaunty
- adjective
- marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
- having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"
Words that rhyme with jaunty
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