[
UK
/kˈeɪkwɔːk/
]
NOUN
- a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake
-
an easy accomplishment
winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him
invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk
VERB
- perform the cakewalk dance
How To Use cakewalk In A Sentence
- As tough as it may be to get hired in political science, it's a cakewalk compared to getting a position in, say, English departments.
- The only way McCainiac gets a "cakewalk" is if if it's Hill/McCain and Bloomberg jumps in (which is highly likely in that scenario). Your Right Hand Thief
- * No one in the Bush administration ever said the war would be a "cakewalk" --- that term was used by a private consultant. In New Letter, Clinton's Lawyers Demand ABC Yank Film
- The following week he was summoned before the disciplinary committee of his church and charged with unchristian conduct, in the following particulars, to wit: dancing, and participating in a sinful diversion called a cakewalk, which was calculated to bring the church into disrepute and make it the mockery of sinners. The Marrow of Tradition
- The First Amendment, we should recall, would be a cakewalk if people expressed themselves within prescribed boundaries of acceptable speech.
- Tell me again why the Liberals are expected to cakewalk through the coming election?
- If you can repeatedly do these three things, then you're on your way to being a superstar forex trader! But we warn you, it's no cakewalk.
- Starting with footage shot by Thomas Edison (yes, the Thomas Edison), this magnificent compilation takes us from dances like the cakewalk to the jitterbug.
- Pardon the mixed metaphor, but as those of us who rode the roller coaster from start to finish know, this isn't, alas, a team that's mastered the art of the cakewalk.
- Dream ballets and integrated dance numbers replaced flashy kick lines, and for a while, it looked as if tap would go the way of the cakewalk and the waltz, pretty much disappearing from our musical theater.