[ UK /kˈe‍ɪkwɔːk/ ]
NOUN
  1. a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake
  2. an easy accomplishment
    winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him
    invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk
VERB
  1. perform the cakewalk dance
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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.
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