cakewalk
(kāk′wôk′)☆
noun
- an elaborate step or walk formerly performed by blacks in the South competing for the prize of a cake
- a strutting dance developed from this
- something easily accomplished, won, etc.
intransitive verb
to do a cakewalk
See cakewalk in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- Something easily accomplished: Winning the race was a cakewalk for her.
- A 19th-century public entertainment among African Americans in which walkers performing the most accomplished or amusing steps won cakes as prizes.
a. A strutting dance, often performed in minstrel shows.
b. The music for this dance.
intransitive verb cake·walked,
cake·walk·ing,
cake·walks To perform a strutting dance.
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