jaywalk

WOTD – 27 May 2007    

English

Etymology

Back-formation from jaywalker

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: jāʹwôk, IPA: /ˈdʒeɪ.wɔːk/, X-SAMPA: /"dZeI.wO:k/
• (US):
  • enPR: jāʹwäk, IPA: /ˈdʒeɪ.wɑːk/, X-SAMPA: /"dZeI.wA:k/ or
  • enPR: jāʹwôk, IPA: /ˈdʒeɪ.wɔːk/, X-SAMPA: /"dZeI.wO:k/

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Verb

jaywalk (third-person singular simple present jaywalks, present participle jaywalking, simple past and past participle jaywalked)

1. (chiefly North America, law) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for cars rather than on the sidewalk.

Translations

violate pedestrian traffic regulations

• Spanish: cruzar la calle sin prudencia (es)

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Translations to be checked

• German: eine Straße an verbotener Stelle überqueren (the definition has been changed since this translation was entered)

Derived terms

• jaywalking

Related terms

• jaywalker