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walk-on Definition

walk·-on (wôkän′)

noun

    1. a minor role in which the actor has no speaking lines or just a very few
    2. the actor who performs such a role
  1. Sports a player who tries out for a team without being recruited, drafted, on scholarship, etc.
walk-on Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: In 1927 and early 1928, she had walk-ons in the Old Vic's Shakespeare repertory.

Modifies a noun

  • fare: Anthony Smith, chief executive of the Rail Passengers Council said: " Many walk-on fares are now at eye-watering levels.
  • part: Among the lots, film director David Yates will auction a walk-on part in the new Harry Potter movie.
  • role: With the minimum of courtesy, they had been consigned to walk-on roles.
  • character: While some of the faces crop up repeatedly among the walk-on characters, the individuality and level of detail is always stunning.
  • survey: Guy Bradbury said NGC regarded it as not applying to a walk-on survey.
  • day: Bright and early on Saturday morning we were back for a walk-on day.

Browse dictionary entries near walk-on

  1. walk off with
  2. walk off the job
  3. walk off
  4. walk-in
  5. walk away
  6. walk all over
  7. walk
  8. waling
  9. Walhalla
  10. Waley
  1. walk out on
  2. walk over
  3. walk-through
  4. walk-up
  5. walk with God
  6. walkabout
  7. walkaway
  8. walker
  9. walkie-talkie
  10. walking