jaywalk

IPA: dʒˈeɪwɔk

(chiefly US, law, automotive, transitive, intransitive) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.

Examples of "jaywalk" in Sentences

For example, how many people "jaywalk" in New York city everyday?
Bristol & Levi back on, Gabourey's mom is a star, Don't jaywalk in Seattle
- Don't jaywalk (don't be the recipient of a car accident if its easy to avoid).
Of course there are butthead pedestrians who jaywalk in front of cars as if they own the road.
If someone told me that jaywalking was legal in D.C., but that if I did it, someone could justifiably kill me, I wouldn't jaywalk.
However, should a person run into traffic or jaywalk I believe they still have the right of way, even if they are breaking the law.
But games aside, some people -- actually, quite a few -- figure that no synthetic sentient will ever be able to do things humans take for granted, such as performing stand-up comedy, writing meaningful poetry, or simply knowing when it's safe to jaywalk.
We reached rue Oberkampf, and the girl in the black tights was still complaining to her friend in the gray tights as they waited to jaywalk across the street, which was bustling with French students and artists whose bags, I imagined, held nineteenth century novels, or paperbacks with white covers; guitar strings, or paint brushes.