jaywalk

• J walk, J-walk (nonstandard)

Back-formation from jaywalker. Analyzable as jay (“a stupid person”) +‎ walk.

• (UK) enPR: jāʹwôk, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔːk/
• (US):
  • enPR: jāʹwôk, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔːk/ or
  • (cot–caught merger) enPR: jāʹwäk, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɑːk/

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jaywalk (third-person singular simple present jaywalks, present participle jaywalking, simple past and past participle jaywalked)

1. (chiefly US, law, automotive, transitive, intransitive) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.

• jaywalker
• jaywalking

• jayrun
• jayrunner
• jayrunning