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jay-walker

jay-walker is the alternative spelling of jaywalker.

Meaning of jaywalker

Noun

jaywalker (plural jaywalkers)

  1. (US) 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.

Forms of jay-walker

pluraljay-walkers

Questions about jay-walker

What is jay-walker the alternative spelling of?
Jay-walker is the alternative spelling of jaywalker.

Words near jay-walker in the dictionary

  1. jay driver
  2. Jay Gatsby
  3. jay thrush
  4. jay thrushes
  5. jay-driver
  6. jay-walker
  7. jay-walkers
  8. Jaya
  9. Jayanne
  10. Jayant
  11. Jayanta

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