What does "jaywalking" mean?

An act of behaving as a jaywalker.

Jaywalking

Q: What is a synonym for "jaywalking"?

Common synonyms include: careless crossing, carelessly, crossing illegally, crossing offense, crossing violation exclamation, crossing violation pattern.

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
An act of behaving as a jaywalker. uncountable
"[…] 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[…"

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of jaywalk form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

careless crossing carelessly crossing illegally crossing offense crossing violation exclamation crossing violation pattern

Antonyms

All antonyms

careful crossing cautious crossing compliant crossing compliant crossing behavior

Example

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"Is there a law here about jaywalking?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From jaywalk + -ing.

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