Meanings
present singular third person jayruns · participle present jayrunning · past jayran
- CanadaUStransitiveTo rapidly jaywalk (“violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing; to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles”).
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Our appreciation of the manner in which the accident occurred was that plaintiff alighted from the bus on the uptown sidewalk of Canal Street, approximately sixty to one hundred feet removed from the corner of Baronne Street, walked around the front thereof and, probably because of the inclement weather, imprudently proceeded to rapidly “jaywalk” or “jayrun” through congested traffic intending to safely reach the neutral ground; […]
1955, Southern Reporter (second), West Publishing Company, page 769
Origin
Blend of jaywalk + run. Attested since the 20th century.
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