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A strutting dance based on a march
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cakewalk
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n. a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake an easy accomplishment; "winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him"; "invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk" v. perform ...
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Cakewalk was a MIDI sequencer developed by Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. (the company now known as Cakewalk, Inc. ) originally for DOS , starting with version Cakewalk 1.0 in 1987, and beginning in 1991, for Windows 3.0 . Cakewalk for DOS, until version 4.0, ...
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n. 1 A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers. 2 (context music English) The style of music associated with such a contest. 3 (context performing arts English) The dance, or style of dance associated with such a contest. 4 (context idiomatic ...
Usage examples of cakewalk.
And of course there was no sensation of hitting anything—my suit simply vanished as it went through the larger field—with the result that, because some part of me had been braced for impact, had been flinching, wincing, bracing myself, it was like reaching for that non-existent top step, and I did a comical cakewalk as if the floor was coated with banana peels and came that close to a pratfall any silent film comedian would have envied.
Jannie showed off and did the cakewalk to a jazzy version of "Blueberry Hill.
And of course there was no sensation of hitting anythingmy suit simply vanished as it went through the larger fieldwith the result that, because some part of me had been braced for impact, had been flinching, wincing, bracing myself, it was like reaching for that non-existent top step, and I did a comical cakewalk as if the floor was coated with banana peels and came that close to a pratfall any silent film comedian would have envied.
You'll do fine for a barn dance or a cakewalk, or maybe a picnic, but house building and brat raising ain't exactly your line.
Said they've had more accidents on this job, which should've been a cakewalk, than they had on that stretch of highway they blasted through Pine Ridge.