Walk-on definition

wôkŏn, -ôn
walk-ons
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(sports) A collegiate athlete who has not been recruited and has no athletic scholarship.
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A minor role in a theatrical production, usually without speaking lines.
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A performer playing such a role.
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(sports) A player who tries out for a team without being recruited, drafted, on scholarship, etc.
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A minor role in which the actor has no speaking lines or just a very few.
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The actor who performs such a role.
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Alternative spelling of walk-on.
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A student athlete that wants to try out for a college sports/athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited.
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An actor of a small ("bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines.
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Such a part in a play or film. Usually as walk-on role or walk-on part.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
walk-on
Plural:
walk-ons

Walk-on Sentence Examples

  • I hurt my ankle and I can't walk on it.

  • It was foggy and chilly, like a walk on the beach after the fog rolled in.

  • She squeezed through the hole in the wall to find there wasn't enough of the floor left to walk on let alone make it to the door across the apartment.

  • He takes no heed of his rider, pays no attention whether he be on his back or not, walks straight on when once set agoing, merely because he is too stupid to turn aside, and then should some tempting thorn or green branch allure him out of the path, continues to walk on in the new direction simply because he is too dull to turn back into the right road.

  • The polyps arefree and walk on their tentacles.

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