jaywalker
English
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Compound from English jay (a stupid person) + English walker.
Origin
English
walker
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boxwalker English
- bushwalker English
- cowalker English
- daywalker English
- dogwalker English
- fastwalker English
- fellwalker English
- fieldwalker English
- floor-walker English
- handwalker English
- hillwalker English
- jay English
- jaybird English
- jaylike English
- knucklewalker English
- nanowalker English
- nightwalker English
- racewalker English
- ropewalker English
- skinwalker English
- skywalker English
- sleepwalker English
- spacewalker English
- stiltwalker English
- streetwalker English
- trackwalker English
- walk English
- walker English
- wirewalker English
- gei Italian
- ジェイ Japanese
- ジェー Japanese
- jay Middle English
- walkere Middle English
- válcaeir Irish
- walker Cebuano
- jay
- walk
- walker
- jaybird
- jaylike
- cowalker
- skywalker
- daywalker
- dogwalker
- boxwalker
- nanowalker
- racewalker
- ropewalker
- hillwalker
- skinwalker
- wirewalker
- handwalker
- fastwalker
- fellwalker
- bushwalker
- fieldwalker
- spacewalker
- nightwalker
- trackwalker
- sleepwalker
- stiltwalker
- floor-walker
- streetwalker
- knucklewalker