jaywalking

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Definition of jaywalking

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noun

(uncountable)An act of behaving as a jaywalker.

“[…] when he had felt unhappy over a movie theater large enough to contain ten times the population of Schoenstrom, and been cursed by a policeman for jaywalking, and had passed a hotel entirely full of diplomats and marble and caviare[…”
“For decades in this country, California was the national capital of jaywalking enforcement.”

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noun

(uncountable)An act of behaving as a jaywalker.

“[…] when he had felt unhappy over a movie theater large enough to contain ten times the population of Schoenstrom, and been cursed by a policeman for jaywalking, and had passed a hotel entirely full of diplomats and marble and caviare[…”
“For decades in this country, California was the national capital of jaywalking enforcement.”

verb

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Back-formation from jaywalker. Analyzable as jaywalk + -ing, or jay (“a stupid person”) + walking.

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