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jaywalk

[jey-wawk]

verb (used without object)

to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.

Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; jay + walk

Related forms

jay·walk·er, noun

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jaywalk (ˈdʒeɪˌwɔːk)

—vb
	(intr) to cross or walk in a street recklessly or illegally

[C20: from jay (sense 2)]

'jaywalker

—n

'jaywalking

—n

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