Meaning

10 senses
  1. An easy victory; a walkaway.

    лёгкая побе́даljóxkaja pobéda

    any undertaking that is easy to do

  2. A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.

  3. A horse race with only one entrant.

  4. (Singapore)An uncontested election.

  5. Someone easy to defeat.

  6. (colloquial)Someone who does not stand up for themselves when mistreated; a doormat.

  7. A backbend combined with a handstand.

    backbends combined with handstands

  8. A match whose winner is declared because the other boxer does not appear in the ring within one minute of the official time.

  9. A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel

    The train's walkover seats are turned by the crew.

    It took about 10 minutes to flip the walkovers in each car.

  10. An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I think Obama will win. It'll be a walkover!

    ruЯ думаю, Обама победит. Это будет лёгкая победа!

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
easy victory:

Origin

Deverbal from walk over.

Deverbal from walk over.

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Forms

plural: walkovers

Synonyms

9 synonyms
an easy or simple task:easy thing
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwalk over

See also

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