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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 handstands
2. any undertaking that is easy to do
Familiarity information: WALKOVER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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