cakewalk

Synonyms

fandango charleston samba simple waltz tango rumba cinch conga tarantella laugher cha-cha nothing dance easy
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Antonyms

challenge arguing drubbing stumper shellacking hard work
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Hypernyms

dance achievement accomplishment choreography trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe

Phrases with the word

a cakewalk cakewalk for

Examples

But then the barbarian figure of Commodore Perry leaps out to perform a traditional Kabuki "Lion Dance", which ends as a strutting, triumphalist, all-American cakewalk. Source: Internet

Handy, Father (1941), p. 99. The publication of his " Memphis Blues " sheet music in 1912 introduced the 12-bar blues to the world (although Gunther Schuller argues that it is not really a blues, but "more like a cakewalk" Schuller (1968: 66, 145n.). ). Source: Internet

Taking on Doctor Doom in the game's epilogue is no cakewalk. Source: Internet

In 1902 the American cakewalk was very popular in Paris and Satie two years later wrote two rags, La Diva de l'empire and Piccadilly. Source: Internet

A yard sale will begin at 8 a.m. later in the day will be a silent auction, bake sale and a cakewalk. Source: Internet

For a sample of the dance steps, the Library Congress has posted a cakewalk performance recorded in 1903Duke University’s Professor Thomas F. DeFrantz demonstrates the “buck-and-wing” and other nineteenth century African American dances. Source: Internet