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CAKEWALK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An easy accomplishment
Example:
invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cakewalk" is a kind of...):
accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)
Domain usage:
figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cakewalk" is a kind of...):
choreography; stage dancing (a show involving artistic dancing)
Derivation:
cakewalk (perform the cakewalk dance)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perform the cakewalk dance
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "cakewalk" is one way to...):
dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue cakewalk
Derivation:
cakewalk (a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake)
