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Definitions for walkover
ˈwɔkˌoʊ vərwalkover

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. walkovernoun

    backbends combined with handstands

  2. cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cakenoun

    any undertaking that is easy to do

    "marketing this product will be no picnic"

Wiktionary

  1. walkovernoun

    An easy victory; a walkaway.

  2. walkovernoun

    A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.

  3. walkovernoun

    A horse race with only one entrant.

  4. walkovernoun

    Someone easy to defeat.

  5. walkovernoun

    A backbend combined with a handstand.

  6. walkovernoun

    A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel

Wikipedia

  1. Walkover

    A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over") is awarded to the opposing team/player etc, if there are no other players available, or they have been disqualified, because the other contestants have forfeited or the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in sport, elections or other contexts where a victory can be achieved by default. The narrow and extended meanings of "walkover" as a single word are both found from 1829.

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  1. walkover

    A walkover is a situation in a competition or contest where one party wins automatically because the opposing party is absent, withdraws, or is disqualified. This term is frequently used in sports and games, for instances where an opponent is unable to play for any reason, thereby giving the win to their competitor by default. The term can also be used more broadly to refer to any easy victory.

Wikidata

  1. Walkover

    In British English, a walkover or W.O. is the awarding of a victory to a contestant because there are no other contestants, or because the other contestants have been disqualified or have forfeited. The term can apply in sport, but can also apply to elections. This is also referred to as winning "by default". The word is used more generally by extension, particularly in politics, for a contest in which the winner, although not the only participant, has little or no competition. The strict and extended meanings of "walkover" as a single word are both found from 1829.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of walkover in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of walkover in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of walkover in a Sentence

  1. Nick Kyrgios:

    I've been serving well, really well of late, every time you can play a Grand Slam in the early rounds, get it done in straight sets, it saves a lot of energy and legs, especially when Rublev today got a walkover.

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