"jaywalk" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔːk/, /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔːk/, /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɑːk/ Audio: en-us-jaywalk.ogg , en-au-jaywalk.ogg Forms: jaywalks [present, singular, third-person], jaywalking [participle, present], jaywalked [participle, past], jaywalked [past]
enPR: jāʹwôk, jāʹwäk Etymology: Back-formation from jaywalker. Analyzable as jay (“a stupid person”) + walk. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|jaywalker}} Back-formation from jaywalker, {{affix|en|jay|walk|nocat=1|t1=a stupid person}} jay (“a stupid person”) + walk Head templates: {{en-verb}} jaywalk (third-person singular simple present jaywalks, present participle jaywalking, simple past and past participle jaywalked)
  1. (chiefly US, law, automotive, transitive, intransitive) 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. Tags: US, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Automotive, Crime, Law, Roads Synonyms: J walk, J-walk [nonstandard] Derived forms: jaywalker, jaywalking Related terms: jayrun, jayrunner, jayrunning Translations (violate pedestrian traffic regulations): traverser en dehors des clous (French), ქვეითად გაუფრთხილებლად სიარული (kveitad gauprtxileblad siaruli) (Georgian), szabálytalanul kel át (Hungarian), attraversare fuori dalle strisce (Italian), 信号無視する (shingōmushi suru) (alt: しんごうむしする) (Japanese), atravessar no meio da rua (english: literally: to cross in the middle of the street) (Portuguese), неосторо́жно переходи́ть у́лицу (neostoróžno perexodítʹ úlicu) [imperfective] (Russian), зева́ть по сторона́м (zevátʹ po storonám) [imperfective] (Russian), cruzar la calle sin prudencia (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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