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Cakewalk

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Noun

1. cakewalk

a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake

2. cakewalk

an easy accomplishment

Example Sentences:
'winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him'
'invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk'

Verb

3. cakewalk

perform the cakewalk dance

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Cakewalk

see synonyms of cakewalk
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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Cakewalk

see synonyms of cakewalk
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.


Cakewalk

see synonyms of cakewalk
n.
1. Something easily accomplished: Winning the race was a cakewalk for her. See Synonyms at breeze1.
2. A public entertainment of the 1800s among African Americans in which walkers performing the most accomplished or amusing steps won cakes as prizes.
3.
a. A strutting dance, often performed in minstrel shows.
b. The music for this dance.
intr.v. cake·walked, cake·walk·ing, cake·walks
1. To achieve or accomplish something easily.
2. To perform a strutting dance.

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