Definition of "excursion" in English

noun

1. A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.

   • While driving home I took an excursion and saw some deer.

2. (Australia) A field trip.

3. A wandering from the main subject: a digression.

4. (aviation) An occurrence where an aircraft runs off the end or side of a runway or taxiway, usually during takeoff, landing, or taxi.

5. (phonetics) A deviation in pitch, for example in the syllables of enthusiastic speech.

verb

1. (intransitive) To go on a recreational trip or excursion.

   • 1825, Charles Lamb, Letter to Mr. Wordsworth, 6 April, 1825, in The Works of Charles Lamb, Volume I, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, p. 249, https://books.google.ca/books?id=ypdNAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Yesterday I excursioned twenty miles; to-day I write a few letters.