cakewalk intransitive verb
cakewalker noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty
Synonyms: Synonyms
- breeze,
- cake,
- child's play,
- cinch,
- cream puff,
- duck soup,
- kid stuff,
- picnic,
- pushover,
- roses,
- snap
Synonyms: Antonyms
- bear,
- beast,
- chore,
- headache,
- horror show,
- killer,
- labor,
- murder,
- pain,
- sticky wicket,
- stinker
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[slang]
Recent Examples on the Web
//At the same time, persuading China’s rich to park their money with a Japanese bank won’t be a cakewalk.
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Nisha Gopalan And Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, "Nomura Could Use a Fresh Twist on an Old Story," 29 Oct. 2019
//Bridgewater didn’t look great being thrown into the fire against the Rams, and New Orleans’ second straight week playing in the Pacific time zone won’t be a cakewalk.
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Jonathan Jones, SI.com, "Handicapping the Teams With Backup-Turned-Starting Quarterbacks in Week 3," 19 Sep. 2019
//Not that any of this has been a cakewalk for McCulley, whose default mode when anything happens — good, bad or otherwise — is to flash a bright smile.
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Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, "Lawrence North QB Donaven McCulley has the look of a star in the making," 18 July 2019
//Though their 13-1 record suggests a cakewalk, Oakland scuffled through the first part of the season, even suffering a 31-point loss at New England.
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Nate Davis, USA TODAY, "NFL's 100 greatest teams of all time: Which squad is best in league history?," 5 Aug. 2019
//The up-close, floor-level performance space at the playhouse is ideal for tambourine chorus lines, cakewalks and elbow-to-the-ribs clown antics.
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Christopher Arnott, courant.com, "Review: 'The Scottsboro Boys’ a searing, spirited, well-told tale of racial injustice at Playhouse on Park," 1 July 2019
//But hiring international graduates won’t be a cakewalk in the UK either, Chothani argues.
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Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, "The UK has good news for Indian students—and, perhaps, bad news for the US," 13 Sep. 2019
//For the cakewalk, placards with pictures of animals are placed in a circle on the ground.
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Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, "Hinsdale Hospital Foundation’s Junior Board serves up ice cream and fun," 26 Aug. 2019
//Instead of starting the season with a nonconference cakewalk, the Eagles will be immediately tested.
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Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, "BC football will open with a bang, against Virginia Tech," 26 Aug. 2019
First Known Use of cakewalk
1873, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Dictionary Entries near cakewalk
More Synonyms and Antonyms ofcakewalk
something easily done or dealt with
- no one was pretending that winning the election would be a cakewalk
- breeze,
- cake,
- child's play,
- cinch,
- cream puff,
- duck soup,
- kid stuff,
- picnic,
- pushover,
- roses,
- snap
- bear,
- beast,
- chore,
- headache,
- horror show,
- killer,
- labor,
- murder,
- pain,
- sticky wicket,
- stinker
-
[slang]
More Definitions forcakewalk