jaywalk

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Pronunciation

• (British) enPR: jāʹwôk, IPA: /ˈdʒeɪ.wɔːk/
• (America):
  • enPR: jāʹwôk, IPA: /ˈdʒeɪ.wɔːk/ or
  • enPR: jāʹwäk, IPA: /ˈdʒeɪ.wɑːk/

Verb

jaywalk (jaywalks, present participle jaywalking; past and past participle jaywalked)

1. (chiefly, North America, legal) 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.

Related terms

• jaywalker

Translations

• French: traverser en dehors des clous
• German: ein
• Portuguese: atravessar no meio da rua (literally: to cross in the middle of the street)
• Russian: неосторо́жно переходи́ть улица
• Spanish: cruzar la calle sin prudencia

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