walkover

English

noun
Definitions
  • An easy victory; a walkaway.
  • (sports) A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
  • A horse race with only one entrant.
  • (sports) Someone easy to defeat.
  • (gymnastics) A backbend combined with a handstand.
  • A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel
  • An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.

Etymology

Compound from English walk (full) + English over (shore, riverbank).

Origin

English

over

Gloss

shore, riverbank

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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