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Definition of walkover in English: walkovernoun ˈwɔːkəʊvəˈwɔkˌoʊvər 1An easy victory. Example sentencesExamples - Such internal turmoil might have resulted in the past from a damaging military defeat, but has never followed such a walkover victory.
- In defeats, small or big, much is learned but walkovers are soul-destroying.
- His victory over Handley wasn't exactly a walkover; Handley's parents own a squash club in Oxfordshire so he knows his way around a squash court and moves with grace and economy.
- While decisive, the women's victory wasn't exactly a walkover.
- True, they realized that it wouldn't be a walkover.
- The Exeter game was a bit of a walkover for them in the end but I don't think that will happen again.
- So why is everyone assuming it will be another walkover for Labour on May 5?
- Fast, intelligent and a great tackler, he will be no walkover, even for players as good as Olivier Magne, Budge Pountney and Neil Back.
- Ferris concludes that ‘the Battle of Britain was a walkover, one of the most one-sided victories in military history’.
- Another election walkover - the punters are in the palms of our hands.
- ‘It really isn't going to be a walkover to enforce this law,’ she says.
- But the tour will be no walkover as the Australians will be seeking to retrieve some prestige.
- With Castellana enjoying his best year as a driver, Smith knew his first-round race would be no walkover.
- What was expected to be a walkover almost turned into a nightmare for Denmark in their World Cup qualifying group three bout against Malta last night.
- After his walkover first-round victory, Vaks went on to lose in the third round of the competition.
- The Italians weren't walkovers, repelling a number of New Zealand's opportunities in the first 10 minutes and eventually crossing for a try 11 minutes after half-time.
- Although I'm confident Ali would have defeated Louis, it would have been a close fight and not a walkover as some have suggested.
- Small, splintered and cash-strapped opposition parties struggled against shifting electoral boundaries and costly election fees as the PAP enjoyed another walkover win last year.
- We are giving the fans a genuine fight, and it is not going to be a walkover.
- Every year there are professional teams getting knocked out of the Cup by amateur clubs and, while there are some walkover games, there are others that are very close.
Synonyms easy victory, runaway victory, rout, landslide, triumph, {game, set, and match}, gift informal piece of cake, kid's stuff, child's play, doddle, pushover, cinch, breeze, sitter, picnic, like taking candy from a baby, thrashing, whitewash North American informal shoo-in, cake walk, duck soup dated snip British vulgar slang piece of piss - 1.1 A victory awarded in a sports contest in the absence of the other competitor or competitors (as a result of injury, disqualification, etc.)
both players were well rested after receiving walkovers when their opponents withdrew from the semi-finals Example sentencesExamples - In the girls u-17 final, Gráinne Hughes partnered Gráinne Brennan and received a walkover when their Dublin opponents failed to appear.
- The Rock u-16 team received a walkover from The Harps in the u-16 league and remain undefeated in their division.
- The Newcastle no-show gave York a walkover and success in the third round, to be played on Sunday, October 29 against as yet unnamed opponents, will leave them two games away from a place in the final.
- Taking advantage of a walkover caused by withdrawal due to injury by Liam Griffith in the semi-final, Surendran was, nevertheless, the underdog for the final against Chris Gilbert.
- Australia's unseeded Natalie Grinham was the beneficiary of the walkover and will now face her sister Rachael Grinham in the quarter-finals.
- It started in a dull fashion, though, when Miranda Ranieri was forced to withdraw from the event for personal reasons, giving the top seed Melissa Martin a walkover.
- Premier Division - Castle Villa received a walkover from Roberstown on Sunday, January 28.
- They had to make do with a walkover in their final match of the season when opponents Victoria failed to show.
- Puerto Rico went 1 up in the third bout when Olympian Joseph Serrano, won via walkover.
- Young Joanne Somers of Poppleton club was awarded the women's singles trophy on a walkover when number one seed Betty Norman (York RI) withdrew because of illness.
- The next county board meeting will decide on walkovers or withdrawals and the second games were due for Monday or Tuesday of this week.
- After a bye in the first round and a walkover in the second round when his opponent failed to show, Davison knocked out Lancastrian Michael Ward 4-2 before beating Day.
- Little Lever failed to appear for last Sunday's opening first round matches at Bolton School, leaving Bradshaw with a walkover into the second round.
- Clane seconds were unable to field, giving Cill Dara a walkover.
- The York team comprehensively beat Stoke City in the first round and received a walkover in round two when their opponents, Newcastle United, failed to turn up.
- There was Venus' last-minute withdrawal at Indian Wells last year, Serena awarded the walkover and rewarded with resounding jeers throughout her ensuing final.
- Seven others have been abandoned before completion while 18 teams have been awarded walkover victories to date because their opponents have failed to fulfil fixtures.
- There was disappointment for the Enniscrone senior footballers on Saturday evening last, when they received a walkover from Drumcliffe, who were unable to field a team.
- Peter Lawson, the August winner, beat Ian Harrison 2-0 and Phil Anderson received a walkover as John Dodd was unable to attend because of work commitments.
- He got a first round walkover yesterday when controversial Aussie Quinten Hann failed to turn up for the event.
2A somersault in which a gymnast performs a handstand and then slowly moves the feet backward and down to the floor, or first arches back into a handstand and then slowly moves the feet forward and down to the floor. Example sentencesExamples - I also mixed in some pseudo-Pilates mat work and a walkover.
- As a specialty dancer for Ziegfeld she performed backward walkovers leading the elephants on to the stage.
- This doesn't mean you have to stretch until you can perform a split or do a backward walkover.
- Back walkover, flip flop, flip flop, double back with a hop.
- Being a gymnast was beginning to hurt too much; there were too many moves I was told that I should no longer attempt, from handsprings to backward walkovers; and I was, for the first time, feeling fear.
- Regularly she turns the entire house into a gym, doing flips and walkovers and stuff with her friends.
- On balance beam, China's Qi Linzi performed a steady combination of aerial walkover to full-twisting Shushunova.
Origin Early 19th century: with reference to a horse race in which the winner, through the absence of competitors, has no need to race but can just walk over the finish line. Definition of walkover in US English: walkovernounˈwôkˌōvərˈwɔkˌoʊvər 1An easy victory. Example sentencesExamples - The Italians weren't walkovers, repelling a number of New Zealand's opportunities in the first 10 minutes and eventually crossing for a try 11 minutes after half-time.
- His victory over Handley wasn't exactly a walkover; Handley's parents own a squash club in Oxfordshire so he knows his way around a squash court and moves with grace and economy.
- Every year there are professional teams getting knocked out of the Cup by amateur clubs and, while there are some walkover games, there are others that are very close.
- Another election walkover - the punters are in the palms of our hands.
- ‘It really isn't going to be a walkover to enforce this law,’ she says.
- True, they realized that it wouldn't be a walkover.
- Fast, intelligent and a great tackler, he will be no walkover, even for players as good as Olivier Magne, Budge Pountney and Neil Back.
- Although I'm confident Ali would have defeated Louis, it would have been a close fight and not a walkover as some have suggested.
- With Castellana enjoying his best year as a driver, Smith knew his first-round race would be no walkover.
- While decisive, the women's victory wasn't exactly a walkover.
- But the tour will be no walkover as the Australians will be seeking to retrieve some prestige.
- What was expected to be a walkover almost turned into a nightmare for Denmark in their World Cup qualifying group three bout against Malta last night.
- After his walkover first-round victory, Vaks went on to lose in the third round of the competition.
- Ferris concludes that ‘the Battle of Britain was a walkover, one of the most one-sided victories in military history’.
- Such internal turmoil might have resulted in the past from a damaging military defeat, but has never followed such a walkover victory.
- We are giving the fans a genuine fight, and it is not going to be a walkover.
- In defeats, small or big, much is learned but walkovers are soul-destroying.
- Small, splintered and cash-strapped opposition parties struggled against shifting electoral boundaries and costly election fees as the PAP enjoyed another walkover win last year.
- The Exeter game was a bit of a walkover for them in the end but I don't think that will happen again.
- So why is everyone assuming it will be another walkover for Labour on May 5?
Synonyms easy victory, runaway victory, rout, landslide, triumph, game, set, and match, gift - 1.1 A victory awarded in a sports contest in the absence of the other competitor or competitors (as a result of injury, disqualification, etc.)
both players were well rested after receiving walkovers when their opponents withdrew from the semifinals Example sentencesExamples - Peter Lawson, the August winner, beat Ian Harrison 2-0 and Phil Anderson received a walkover as John Dodd was unable to attend because of work commitments.
- Little Lever failed to appear for last Sunday's opening first round matches at Bolton School, leaving Bradshaw with a walkover into the second round.
- Puerto Rico went 1 up in the third bout when Olympian Joseph Serrano, won via walkover.
- The York team comprehensively beat Stoke City in the first round and received a walkover in round two when their opponents, Newcastle United, failed to turn up.
- Taking advantage of a walkover caused by withdrawal due to injury by Liam Griffith in the semi-final, Surendran was, nevertheless, the underdog for the final against Chris Gilbert.
- Young Joanne Somers of Poppleton club was awarded the women's singles trophy on a walkover when number one seed Betty Norman (York RI) withdrew because of illness.
- They had to make do with a walkover in their final match of the season when opponents Victoria failed to show.
- Australia's unseeded Natalie Grinham was the beneficiary of the walkover and will now face her sister Rachael Grinham in the quarter-finals.
- Premier Division - Castle Villa received a walkover from Roberstown on Sunday, January 28.
- Seven others have been abandoned before completion while 18 teams have been awarded walkover victories to date because their opponents have failed to fulfil fixtures.
- There was Venus' last-minute withdrawal at Indian Wells last year, Serena awarded the walkover and rewarded with resounding jeers throughout her ensuing final.
- He got a first round walkover yesterday when controversial Aussie Quinten Hann failed to turn up for the event.
- After a bye in the first round and a walkover in the second round when his opponent failed to show, Davison knocked out Lancastrian Michael Ward 4-2 before beating Day.
- There was disappointment for the Enniscrone senior footballers on Saturday evening last, when they received a walkover from Drumcliffe, who were unable to field a team.
- Clane seconds were unable to field, giving Cill Dara a walkover.
- The Newcastle no-show gave York a walkover and success in the third round, to be played on Sunday, October 29 against as yet unnamed opponents, will leave them two games away from a place in the final.
- In the girls u-17 final, Gráinne Hughes partnered Gráinne Brennan and received a walkover when their Dublin opponents failed to appear.
- It started in a dull fashion, though, when Miranda Ranieri was forced to withdraw from the event for personal reasons, giving the top seed Melissa Martin a walkover.
- The next county board meeting will decide on walkovers or withdrawals and the second games were due for Monday or Tuesday of this week.
- The Rock u-16 team received a walkover from The Harps in the u-16 league and remain undefeated in their division.
2A somersault in which a gymnast performs a handstand and then slowly moves the feet backward and down to the floor, or first arches back into a handstand and then slowly moves the feet forward and down to the floor. Example sentencesExamples - As a specialty dancer for Ziegfeld she performed backward walkovers leading the elephants on to the stage.
- Being a gymnast was beginning to hurt too much; there were too many moves I was told that I should no longer attempt, from handsprings to backward walkovers; and I was, for the first time, feeling fear.
- On balance beam, China's Qi Linzi performed a steady combination of aerial walkover to full-twisting Shushunova.
- I also mixed in some pseudo-Pilates mat work and a walkover.
- This doesn't mean you have to stretch until you can perform a split or do a backward walkover.
- Back walkover, flip flop, flip flop, double back with a hop.
- Regularly she turns the entire house into a gym, doing flips and walkovers and stuff with her friends.
Origin Early 19th century: with reference to a horse race in which the winner, through the absence of competitors, has no need to race but can just walk over the finish line. |