walk-on

See also: walkon

English

Noun

walk-on (plural walk-ons)

1. A student athlete who wants to try out for a college sports/athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited.
2. An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines.
3. (chiefly attributive) Such a part in a play or film.
4. One who arrives and boards transport (such as a train or ferry) without having booked in advance.
   • 2020 March 25, “Network News: Passengers offered refunds or switched fares: Comment”, in Rail, page 7:

     If you have a walk-on ticket you can have a full refund before the date of travel without paying the usual £10 administration fee.

Derived terms

• walk-on girl

Translations

college athlete wanting to join a team uninvited

actor with a small part

• Bulgarian: статист (bg) m (statist)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 茄哩啡 (ke¹ le¹ fe¹)

  Mandarin: 群眾演員／群众演员 (zh) (qúnzhòng yǎnyuán)

• Dutch: figurant (nl) m, nevenfiguur m or f
• Finnish: sivuosan esittäjä
• French: figurant (fr), comparse (fr) m or f
• German: Statist (de) m, Statistin (de) f, Komparse (de) m
• Hebrew: נִצָּב (he) m (nitzáv)
• Hungarian: statiszta (hu)
• Irish: aisteoir breise m, aisteoir mionpháirteanna m
• Italian: figurante (it) m or f
• Norwegian: statist (no)
• Polish: statysta (pl)
• Portuguese: figurante (pt) m or f
• Russian: стати́ст (ru) m (statíst), стати́стка (ru) f (statístka)
• Serbo-Croatian: statist (sh) m
• Spanish: figurante, comparsa m or f
• Swedish: statist (sv) c
• Thai: ตัวประกอบ (th) (dtuua-bprà-gɔ̀ɔp)
• Turkish: figüran (tr)
• Ukrainian: стати́ст m (statýst), стати́стка f (statýstka)

small part in a play or film

• Dutch: nevenrol (nl) f
• Finnish: sivuosa
• French: figuration (fr) f
• Hungarian: statisztaszerep (hu)
• Italian: figurazione (it) f
• Russian: нема́я роль f (nemája rolʹ)

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Translations to be checked

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} ekstra (no)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} exceso (es)