to cakewalk
9.0
To do a dance with high steps and strutting
- verb
- /ˈkeɪkˌwɔk/
- Archaic
:
bailar el cakewalk
- The performance featured a stunning display where dancers would cakewalk in perfect sync.
Examples
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People stride, tippy-toe, or cakewalk these halls depending on who's got what share of joy or trouble, and where that trouble lives.
Fiction book (1996) -
At the party, everyone joined in to cakewalk across the floor to the lively music.
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In their dance class, the students learned how to cakewalk with style and grace.
Synonyms
to dance
vsto cakewalk
579
1.0
To move quickly and lightly from side to side or up and down
is a specific historical style with high steps and strutting
How Energetic
Surface Forms
cakewalk infinitive
cakewalked past
cakewalked past participle
cakewalking present participle
cakewalks third person singular
Etymology
Cakewalk as a verb means to do that dance, to walk and strut with high steps, and the verb comes directly from the old dance contests where people showed off their moves.