walkover

See also: walk-over and walk over

English

Alternative forms

• walk-over

Etymology

Deverbal from walk over.

Noun

walkover (plural walkovers)

1. An easy victory; a walkaway.
   • 15 October 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Along the way, there was another backdrop to this match, in the form of the goal updates from Serravalle informing everyone that Ukraine were on their way to the obligatory walkover against San Marino.

2. (sports) A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
3. A horse race with only one entrant.
4. (sports, chiefly) Someone easy to defeat.
5. (colloquial) Someone who does not stand up for themselves when mistreated; a doormat.
6. (gymnastics) A backbend combined with a handstand.
7. A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel

   The train's walkover seats are turned by the crew.

   It took about 10 minutes to flip the walkovers in each car.

8. An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.

Synonyms

• (a walkaway):
• (bye or victory due to default of opponent):
• (an easy or simple task): see Thesaurus:easy thing

Translations

easy victory

• Bulgarian: лесна победа f (lesna pobeda)
• Finnish: murskavoitto (fi)
• Russian: лёгкая побе́да f (ljóxkaja pobéda)

tennis: victory awarded when a scheduled opponent fails to play

• Finnish: luovutusvoitto (fi)
• Polish: walkower (pl) m

horse race with only one entrant

someone easy to defeat

• Finnish: heittopussi

gymnastics: backbend combined with a handstand

type of railroad passenger car seat

• Finnish: kääntöistuin

Anagrams

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