A stylish cap or hat worn with panache, usually at a cheeky angle... a beret is one example.
It means to show that you are happy and confident...
means to do a thing that is bad or insulting
Sense 1:dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, sprucefashionable (vs. unfashionable), stylishSense 2:chipper, debonair, debonaire, jauntycheerful (vs. depressing)
Main Entry: jaunty Part of Speech:adjective Definition: lively Synonyms: airy, animated, bold, brash, breezy, buoyant, carefree, careless, cocky, dapper, dashing, debonair, devilish, devil-may-care*, easy, exhilarated, flip*, flippant, forward, free, fresh, frisky, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, high-spirited, hilarious, impetuous, impish, impudent, jocose, joking, jolly, jovial, light, natty, nervy, perky, playful, prankish, provocative, reckless, rollicking, self-confident, showy, smart, sportive, sporty, sprightly, spruce, swaggering, trim, venturesome, vivacious Antonyms:depressed, lethargic, lifeless
Journalism is a school subject. It begins with the letter J.
How swift and graceful he was in his long trousers with bicycle clips around them and his scarlet cap at a jaunty angle on his head!
That jaunty jackalope 'jacked my jalopy, Jenny! His jaunty necktie went unnoticed.
She wore her hat at a jaunty angle.
The word jaunty is accented on the first syllable. Jaun-ty.
All the jaunty streams joined together to make a river.
The original language from which "jaunty" comes is French. It is derived from the French word "gentil," which means "nice" or "pretty."
"Jaunty" comes from the French word "gentil," which means cheerful or elegant.
2 syllables:auntie, monty4 syllables:biamonte
It means to show that you are happy and confident...
It means in a self-confident way, looking good - After his promotion Diego walked with a jaunty step. or it can be used to describe.. meaning that you like it - That is a jaunty outfit. ( skillfully trim)
irony
means to do a thing that is bad or insulting