Read the dictionary definition of jaunty. All definitions for this word.
1. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
1. looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit
2. life that is gay, brisk, and debonair
3. walked with a jaunty step
4. a jaunty optimist
2. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
1. a dapper young man
2. a jaunty red hat