NOUN | act | cakewalk | a strutting dance based on a march |
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act | cakewalk | an easy accomplishment | |
VERB | motion | cakewalk | perform the cakewalk dance |
Meaning | A strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake. | |
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Broader | stage dancing, choreography | A show involving artistic dancing |
Spanish | cakewalk | |
Verbs | cakewalk | perform the cakewalk dance |
Meaning | An easy accomplishment. | |
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Examples |
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Broader | accomplishment, achievement | The action of accomplishing something |
Usage of | trope, figure of speech, figure, image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
Meaning | Perform the cakewalk dance. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Model | Sam and Sue cakewalk | |
Broader | dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | Move in a pattern |
Nouns | cakewalk | a strutting dance based on a march |
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