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Crossing street carelessly
Answer for the clue "Crossing street carelessly ", 10 letters:
jaywalking
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Word definitions for jaywalking in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of jaywalk English)
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Jaywalking occurs when a pedestrian crosses a roadway where regulations do not permit doing so. Examples include a pedestrian crossing between intersections without yielding to drivers and starting to cross a crosswalk at a signalized intersection without ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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 .
Usage examples of jaywalking.
Kerry Sanders had been stopped for jaywalking on a Los Angeles street in July 1993--while Robert Sanders was still in his New York prison.