cakewalk

cake·walk

noun \ˈkāk-ˌwȯk\

Definition of CAKEWALK

1

: a black American entertainment having a cake as prize for the most accomplished steps and figures in walking

2

: a stage dance developed from walking steps and figures typically involving a high prance with backward tilt

3

a : a one-sided contest b : an easy task

— cakewalk intransitive verb

— cake·walk·er noun

Examples of CAKEWALK

1. She expected the election to be a cakewalk.
2. Reducing the state budget is not going to be a cakewalk.

First Known Use of CAKEWALK

1874

Related to CAKEWALK

Synonyms: breeze, cake, cinch, child's play, cream puff, duck soup, kid stuff, picnic, pushover, roses, snap

Antonyms: bear, beast, chore, headache, horror show, killer, labor, murder, pain, sticky wicket, stinker [slang]

Related Words: no-brainer, nothing; sitting duck; gimme, laugher, walkaway

Near Antonyms: brainteaser, poser, stumper, toughie (also toughy); bother, nuisance, trouble

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Rhymes with CAKEWALK

back talk, Bartók, Black Hawk, bemock, boardwalk, catwalk, cornstalk, cross talk, crosswalk, duckwalk, eyestalk, fast-talk, fish hawk, French chalk, goshawk, Gottschalk, jaywalk, langue d'oc, Languedoc, leafstalk, marsh hawk, moonwalk, nighthawk, Norfolk, Norwalk, pep talk, racewalk, ropewalk, shoptalk, sidewalk, skywalk, sleepwalk, small talk, space walk, sweet-talk, trash talk