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jaywalker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔkɚ/ (General-American)
  • jāʹwôkər (General-American)
  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪwɔːkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɑkɚ/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

From jay (“a stupid person”) + walker; jay walker (“a pedestrian who doesn't pay attention to the road, endangering themselves and obstructing horses, carts, and automobiles”). First use appears c. 1917 in Harper's Magazine. Coined in analogy to the older turn-of-the-20th-century term jay driver (“a driver who doesn't pay attention to the road, endangering horses, carts, bicyclists, and pedestrians”). Promoted by driving enthusiasts and automotive concerns to clear the roads of obstructive pedestrians by making it illegal to walk in the middle of roads.

Meanings

  1. (US) A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
jaywalkers Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

jayrunner

Deriveds

jaywalking · jaywalk

Relateds

jay-driver

Translations (12)

hu szabálytalanul átkelő gyalogos (one who jaywalks) · es peatón imprudente (one who jaywalks) · sv but see oförsiktig fotgängare (one who jaywalks) · de die Verkehrsregeln missachtende Fußgängerin (one who jaywalks) · sv vårdslös fotgängare (one who jaywalks) · cs neopatrný chodec (one who jaywalks) · ru неосторо́жный пешехо́д (one who jaywalks) · no rågjenger (one who jaywalks) · de die Verkehrsregeln missachtender Fußgänger (one who jaywalks) · da fumlegænger (one who jaywalks) · de unachtsame Fußgängerin (one who jaywalks) · de but see unachtsamer Fußgänger (one who jaywalks)

wikipedia: Harper's Magazine