| 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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