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plural cakewalks
(historical) A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers.
(music) The style of music associated with such a contest. examples
(performing arts) The dance, or strutting style of dance associated with such a contest. examples
(idiomatic) Something that is easy or simple, or that does not present a great challenge. quotations examples
Just as common as she is, a cakewalk sort of a name.
1899, Willa Cather, The Westbound Train
Nah. The first step’s a cakewalk. We can beat the hell out of a developing infant, in any case.
1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, page 88
third-person singular simple present cakewalks, present participle cakewalking, simple past and past participle cakewalked
(intransitive) To perform the cakewalk dance. examples