CAKEWALK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)

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)