Jaywalking
[jey-wawk] /ˈdʒeɪˌwɔk/
verb (used without object)
1.
to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
/ˈdʒeɪˌwɔːk/
verb
1.
(intransitive) to cross or walk in a street recklessly or illegally
n.
by 1912, American English (said in original citation to be a Kansas City term), from jay, perhaps with notion of boldness and impudence. Related: Jaywalk; jaywalker.
verb
To walk into or across a street at a forbidden place or without the right of way
[1916+; fr the naive behavior of a jay, ”rustic”]
Read Also:
- Jaz
language An early system on the LGP-30. [CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. (1997-05-16) Jaz Drive
- Jaz drive
hardware, storage Iomega Corporation’s drive which takes removable one or two gigabyte disk cartridges which contain conventional hard disks. Internal and external drives are available claiming an average transfer rate of 330 megabytes per minute – though that is dependant on the SCSI adapter, the parallel port adapter is unlikely to reach anything like this […]
- Jazelle
database A data management system for High Energy Physics from Stanford Linear Accelerator. (1995-02-22)
- Jazz
[jaz] /dʒæz/ noun 1. music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality. 2. a style of dance […]
- Jazz-age
noun 1. the period that in the U.S. extended roughly from the Armistice of 1918 to the stock-market crash of 1929 and was notable for increased prosperity, liberated or hedonistic social behavior, Prohibition and the concomitant rise in production and consumption of bootleg liquor, and the development and dissemination of jazz and ragtime and associated […]