jaywalk
verb
jay·walk
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jaywalked;
jaywalking;
jaywalks
Definition of jaywalk
: to cross a street carelessly or in an illegal manner so as to be endangered by traffic
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Examples of jaywalk in a Sentence
The police officer warned us not to jaywalk.
Recent Examples on the Web
Body camera footage of the August 2017 beating showed Hickman hitting Rush and putting him in a chokehold after officers accused Rush of jaywalking. — Washington Post, "Ex-officer pleads guilty to beating pedestrian on video," 10 Aug. 2019 Open Newbury Street / July 14, August 11, and September 15 Enjoy the Back Bay’s retail backbone without the usual traffic and jaywalking during Open Newbury Street. — BostonGlobe.com, "Things to do in Greater Boston this summer," 1 July 2018 The city has used fines to quickly alter urban habits before, targeting smoking, firecrackers and jaywalking. — James T. Areddy, WSJ, "Extreme Trash Recycling: 104 Protocols, 30,000 Inspectors," 10 July 2019 Residents may see Elgin Road as busy with car and truck traffic and dangerous for pedestrians who sometimes jaywalk across the grassy median — but that doesn’t mean the city should shut it down altogether. — Jennifer Fisher, chicagotribune.com, "Proposal to close Elgin Road in Evanston draws strong opposition from condo residents," 24 June 2019 An example of newer history would be the corner of Broadway and 17th which is where Tupac Shakur was famously arrested (for jaywalking) by the OPD. — David Debolt, The Mercury News, "How Bruce Lee, a bus called ‘Aunt Clara,’ and 500 gallons of patrol car booze have a place in East Bay history," 23 June 2019 Motorists share the road with bicyclists; bikers stop at red lights; and pedestrians don’t jaywalk. — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, "My trip to foreign city was reminder Detroit's transit system needs work," 13 June 2019 Body-cam footage released earlier this month showed Hickman tasering and beating Johnnie Rush, a 33-year-old black man who was stopped for allegedly jaywalking last August. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "More than two dozen criminal cases have been dropped because a police officer beat a jaywalker.," 13 Mar. 2018 Months after Amazon announced Scout was in testing, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill that regulates delivery robots, limiting their speed and weight and barring them from jaywalking. — Tom Simonite, WIRED, "How Amazon Cloned a Neighborhood to Test Its Delivery Robots," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jaywalk.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for jaywalk
jaywalk
verb
English Language Learners Definition of jaywalk
: to cross a street carelessly or at an illegal or dangerous place
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jaywalk
verb
jay·walk
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jaywalked;
jaywalking
Kids Definition of jaywalk
: to cross a street in a place or in a way that is against traffic regulations
jaywalk
intransitive verb
jay·walk
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Legal Definition of jaywalk
: to cross a street carelessly or in an illegal manner so as to be endangered by traffic