walkover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An easy victory; a walkaway.
  2. A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
  3. A horse race with only one entrant.
  4. An uncontested election.
  5. Someone easy to defeat.
  6. Someone who does not stand up for themselves when mistreated; a doormat.
  7. A backbend combined with a handstand.
  8. A match whose winner is declared because the other boxer does not appear in the ring within one minute of the official time.
  9. A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel
  10. An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-walkover.wav

Word forms

walkover walkovers walk-over

Etymology

Deverbal from walk over.

Synonyms

easy thing
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