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WALK-IN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small room large enough to admit entrance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("walk-in" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An assured victory (especially in an election)
Synonyms:
walk-in; waltz
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("walk-in" is a kind of...):
triumph; victory (a successful ending of a struggle or contest)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("walk-in" is a kind of...):
defector; deserter (a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post))
intelligence agent; intelligence officer; operative; secret agent (a person secretly employed in espionage for a government)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Person who walks in without having an appointment
Example:
the emergency room was overrun with walk-ins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("walk-in" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
walk in (enter by walking)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter
Example:
walk-in closets
Classified under:
Similar:
deep (having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination)
