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jaywalk en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • jāʹwôk
  • (Australia) audio
  • jāʹwäk (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɑːk/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔːk/
  • jāʹwôk (UK)
  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔːk/ (UK)

Etymology

Back-formation from jaywalker. Analyzable as jay (“a stupid person”) + walk.

Meanings

  1. (US, intransitive, transitive) 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 vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
J-walk alternative, nonstandard lexicographic
J walk alternative, nonstandard lexicographic
jaywalks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
jaywalked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
jaywalked Tense=Past lexicographic
jaywalking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

jaywalking · jaywalker

Relateds

jayrunning · jayrunner · jayrun

Translations (14)

ja 信号無視する (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · es cruzar la rúa impudentemente (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · it attraversare fuori dalle strisce (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · cmn 亂穿馬路 /乱穿马路 (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · ru неосторо́жно переходи́ть у́лицу (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · fr traverser en dehors des clous (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · ka ქვეითად გაუფრთხილებლად სიარული (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · ru зева́ть по сторона́м (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · ru perexodítʹ dorógu v nepolóžennom méste (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · es cruzar la calle sin prudencia (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · fi ylittää tie väärin jalankulkijana (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · hu szabálytalanul kel át (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · yue 亂過馬路 /乱过马路 (violate pedestrian traffic regulations) · pt atravessar no meio da rua (violate pedestrian traffic regulations)