jaywalking

UK: /ˈdʒeɪˌwɔːkɪŋ/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

jay•walk /ˈdʒeɪˌwɔk/   v. [no object]

1. to cross a street in disregard of traffic rules or at a place other than a proper crosswalk.

jay•walk•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

jay•walk  ( jā′wôk′), v.i. 

1. to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.

• jay + walk 1915–20, American.

jay′walk′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

jaywalk / ˈdʒeɪˌwɔːk/ verb

1. (intransitive) to cross or walk in a street recklessly or illegally

Etymology: 20th Century: from jay (sense 2)

ˈjayˌwalker noun

ˈjayˌwalking noun