jaywalk

🇺🇸 /ˈdʒeɪwɔːk/ 🇬🇧 /ˈdʒeɪwɔːk/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to cross a street in an illegal or unsafe way, without using a crosswalk or paying attention to traffic signals

The police officer warned the man for jaywalking because he crossed the busy street without looking both ways.

translation

v. to cross a street in an illegal or unsafe way, without using a crosswalk or paying attention to traffic signals

Word Forms

3rd Present jaywalks
Past jaywalked
Perfect jaywalked
Progressive jaywalking