Usually means: Easy task requiring minimal effort.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. cakewalk: Merriam-Webster
  2. cakewalk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cakewalk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cakewalk: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cakewalk: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cakewalk, cakewalk: Wordnik
  7. cakewalk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cakewalk: Wiktionary
  9. cakewalk: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cakewalk: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cakewalk: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cakewalk: Dictionary.com
  13. cakewalk: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Cakewalk (Oscar Peterson composition), Cakewalk (carnival game), Cakewalk (company), Cakewalk (disambiguation), Cakewalk (sequencer), Cakewalk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. cakewalk: Rhymezone
  16. cakewalk: FreeDictionary.org
  17. cakewalk: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. cakewalk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Cakewalk: The Word Detective
  20. cakewalk: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  21. cakewalk: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. cakewalk: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cakewalk, cakewalk: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. cakewalk: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

(Note: See cakewalked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (historical) A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers.
noun:  (music) The style of music associated with such a contest.
noun:  (performing arts) The dance, or strutting style of dance, associated with such a contest.
noun:  (idiomatic, informal) Something that is easy or simple, or that does not present a great challenge.
verb:  (intransitive) To perform the cakewalk dance.

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