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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
cakewalk is a noun and verb meaning "a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake". It carries 3 recorded senses.
a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake
an easy accomplishment
“winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him”
“invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk”
trope
perform the cakewalk dance
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cakewalk come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.