jaywalker

jaywalker

English

Etymology

• jay (“a stupid person”) +‎ walker

Noun

jaywalker (plural jaywalkers)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• jaywalk

Translations

one who jaywalks

German: unachtsamer Fußgänger m, unachtsame Fußgängerin f, die Verkehrsregeln missachtender Fußgänger m, die Verkehrsregeln missachtende Fußgängerin f Norwegian: rågjenger

Russian: неосторо́жный (neostoróžnyj) пешехо́д (pešexód) (neostoróžnyj pešexód)m Spanish: peatón imprudente m