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cakewalk: Meaning and Definition of
cake•walk
Pronunciation: (kāk'wôk"), [key] — n.
- (formerly) a promenade or march, of black American origin, in which the couples with the most intricate or eccentric steps received cakes as prizes.
- a dance with a strutting step based on this promenade.
- music for this dance.
- something easy, sure, or certain.
—v.i. - to walk or dance in or as if in a cakewalk.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.