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WALKOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does walkover mean? 

WALKOVER (noun)
  The noun WALKOVER has 2 senses:

1. backbends combined with handstandsplay

2. any undertaking that is easy to doplay

  Familiarity information: WALKOVER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WALKOVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Backbends combined with handstands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("walkover" is a kind of...):

acrobatic feat; acrobatic stunt (a stunt performed by an acrobat)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Any undertaking that is easy to do

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

breeze; child's play; cinch; duck soup; picnic; piece of cake; pushover; snap; walkover

Context example:

marketing this product will be no picnic

Hypernyms ("walkover" is a kind of...):

labor; project; task; undertaking (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "walkover"):

doddle (an easy task)

Derivation:

walk over (beat easily)


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