"jaywalking" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Back-formation from jaywalker. Analyzable as jaywalk + -ing, or jay (“a stupid person”) + walking. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|jaywalker}} Back-formation from jaywalker, {{suffix|en|jaywalk|ing}} jaywalk + -ing, {{affix|en|jay|walking|t1=a stupid person}} jay (“a stupid person”) + walking Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} jaywalking (uncountable)
  1. An act of behaving as a jaywalker. Tags: uncountable Translations (the act of jaywalking): 信号無視 (shingōmushi) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-jaywalking-en-noun-TSD7p2~B Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: jaywalk + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|jaywalk|ing}} jaywalk + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} jaywalking
  1. present participle and gerund of jaywalk Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: jaywalk
    Sense id: en-jaywalking-en-verb-Nx2-a0YV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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