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- [wawk-oh-ver]
- /ˈwɔkˌoʊ vər/
- /ˈwɔːkˌəʊ.vər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wawk-oh-ver]
- /ˈwɔkˌoʊ vər/
Definitions of walkover word
- noun walkover Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter. 1
- noun walkover an unopposed or easy victory. 1
- noun walkover any task easily done. 1
- noun walkover Gymnastics. a vertical rotation of the body from a standing position, performed by leaning forward to a brief handstand and bringing the legs over and back down to the floor one at a time (front walkover) or by arching backward to a similar handstand and returning the feet to the floor (back walkover) 1
- noun walkover An easy victory. 1
- noun walkover easy victory 1
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Origin of walkover
First appearance:
before 1830 One of the 36% newest English words
First recorded in 1830-40; noun use of verb phrase walk over
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Parts of speech for Walkover
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
walkover popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
walkover usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for walkover
noun walkover
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- piece of cake — a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
- child's play — something that is easy to do
- runaway — a person who runs away; fugitive; deserter.
- cakewalk — If you say that something is a cakewalk, you mean that it is very easy to do or achieve.
adjective walkover
- incomplex — Not complex; simple.
- cincher — Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
- snapper — any of several large marine food fishes of the family Lutjanidae.
- troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
- simple — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
Antonyms for walkover
noun walkover
- challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- correction — Corrections are marks or comments made on a piece of work, especially school work, which indicate where there are mistakes and what are the right answers.
Top questions with walkover
- how to do a front walkover?
- how to do a back walkover?
- how to do a walkover?
- what is a walkover in tennis?
- how to do a backbend walkover?
- how to do a back walkover for beginners?
- how to do a front walkover for beginners?
- how to get a back walkover fast?
- how to do a one handed back walkover?
- how to do a front walkover at home?
- how to teach a back walkover?
- how to learn to do a back walkover?
- how to get a front walkover?
- how to do a front walkover for beginners at home?
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