jaywalker

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jay·walk

 (jā′wôk′)
intr.v. jay·walked, jay·walk·ing, jay·walks
To walk across a street in violation of traffic law, especially by crossing outside of a marked pedestrian crosswalk at an intersection.

[From jay, inexperienced person.]

jay′walk′er n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.jaywalker - a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally
pedestrian, footer, walker - a person who travels by foot
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Translations
الشّخْص المخالِف لِحَرَكَة المُرور
neukázněný chodec
fumlegænger
unachtsamer Fußgänger
vigyázatlanul közlekedõ gyalogos
kærulaus gangandi vegfarandi
pedone disattento
neatsargus pėsčiasisneatsargus vaikščiojimas per gatvę
neuzmanīgs gājējs
rågjengerskjødesløs fotgjenger
nedisciplinovaný chodec
sokakta dikkatsiz yürüyen kimse
乱穿马路者

jaywalker

[ˈdʒeɪˌwɔːkəʳ] Npeatón/ona m/f imprudente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jaywalker

[ˈdʒeɪwɔːkər] npiéton(ne) m/f indiscipliné(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jaywalker

[ˈdʒeɪˌwɔːkəʳ] npedone m indisciplinato (nell'attraversare la strada)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

jaywalker

(ˈdʒeiwoːkə) noun
a person who walks carelessly among traffic. She never looks to see if there's a car coming before she crosses the road – she's a jaywalker.
ˈjaywalking noun
The police were concerned about the number of accidents involving jaywalking.
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At Jaywalker Lodge, a men's-only residential program in Carbondale, Colo., volunteering is indeed voluntary--but everyone wants to do it as a result.
* Robert Ferguson, director, Jaywalker Lodge in Carbondale, Colo.
"We blame both sides, the motorist who is driving like he is the only one on the road and the jaywalker who walks like he is on the beach, enjoying the sea view," Al Zafeen said.
State College, PA, April 29, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Local consulting organization, JayWalker Consulting, LLC, facilitated a one day retreat for PLAN (Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network) at the Nittany Lion Inn in State College, PA.
The cop who detained the guy apparently called for reinforcement as more cops arrive at the scene to detain the jaywalker.
What offence is committed in certain countries by a jaywalker?
By comparison, Richard Nixon comes off like a jaywalker.
Henri Sisneros, a former federal prosecutor in Salt Lake City, argues that, lust as police don't haul every jaywalker off to jail, the government should choose more carefully whom to prosecute.
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Because of that close contact, they become the "heart and soul" of treatment, says Bob Ferguson, founder and CEO of the Colorado-based men's treatment facility Jaywalker Lodge.
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