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Definition of 'cakewalk'

Word Frequency

cakewalk

(keɪkwɔːk )
singular noun
If you say that something is a cakewalk, you mean that it is very easy to do or achieve.
Fittipaldi's victory was a cakewalk.
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Word Frequency

cakewalk in British

(ˈkeɪkˌwɔːk )
noun
1. 
a dance based on a march with intricate steps, originally performed by African-Americans with the prize of a cake for the best performers
2. 
a piece of music composed for this dance
3. informal
an easily accomplished task
verb
4. (intransitive)
to perform the cakewalk
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Derived forms
cakewalker (ˈcakeˌwalker)
  noun
Word Frequency

cakewalk in American

(ˈkeɪkˌwɔk ; kākˈwôkˌ)
US
noun
1. 
an elaborate step or walk formerly performed by blacks in the South competing for the prize of a cake
2. 
a strutting dance developed from this
3. 
something easily accomplished, won, etc.
verb intransitive
4. 
to do a cakewalk
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
cakewalker (ˈcakeˌwalker)
  noun

Example sentences containing 'cakewalk'

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The Sherman Act was a cakewalk compared to an Italian immigrant. Lisa Scottoline THE VENDETTA DEFENCE (2001)

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Definition of cakewalk from the Collins English Dictionary

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