jaywalker

jaywalker
a) One who jaywalks; someone who has committed jaywalking.
b) A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians.

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  • jaywalker — noun see jaywalk …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • jaywalker — n. pedestrian that crosses a street against a traffic light or in an area where there is no crosswalk …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • jaywalk — jaywalker, n. /jay wawk /, v.i. to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light. [1915 20, Amer.; JAY + WALK] * * * …   Universalium

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