jaywalk
verb/ˈdʒeɪwɔːk/
/ˈdʒeɪwɔːk/
[intransitive] (especially North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jaywalk | /ˈdʒeɪwɔːk/ /ˈdʒeɪwɔːk/ |
| he / she / it jaywalks | /ˈdʒeɪwɔːks/ /ˈdʒeɪwɔːks/ |
| past simple jaywalked | /ˈdʒeɪwɔːkt/ /ˈdʒeɪwɔːkt/ |
| past participle jaywalked | /ˈdʒeɪwɔːkt/ /ˈdʒeɪwɔːkt/ |
| -ing form jaywalking | /ˈdʒeɪwɔːkɪŋ/ /ˈdʒeɪwɔːkɪŋ/ |
- to walk along or across a street illegally or without paying attention to the trafficWord Originearly 20th cent.: from jay in the colloquial sense ‘silly person’ + walk.
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