jaywalk

«jaywalk» in Mova's school dictionary: To cross a road carelessly or in a place where you should… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (jaywalk, jaywalks, jaywalked, jaywalking)

meaning for a pupil

To cross a road carelessly or in a place where you should not, not at a crossing and without waiting for the green signal. tree →

sense in the lessons

In road safety lessons it is a key danger word, mostly used in the USA and Canada, where jaywalking can be against the law. Children learn to cross at crossings, wait for the green man, look both ways and never jaywalk between parked cars. Noun: «jaywalker», «jaywalking».

examples

• Don't jaywalk; use the crossing. tree →
• He was fined for jaywalking in New York. tree →
• Jaywalking between parked cars is very dangerous. tree →
• We waited for the green man instead of jaywalking. tree →
• The police officer warned the jaywalker. tree →
• Drivers cannot see children who jaywalk from behind buses. tree →

note

Regular verb: jaywalked. Mainly American and Canadian; in the UK people say «cross the road carelessly» and jaywalking is not usually a crime there. A «jay» was an old word for a silly, careless person.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jaywalk» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.