Walkovers - English meaning

noun

A gentle wind.

Usage examples:

Tantalizing cooking smells wafted on the evening breeze

verb

Come or go in a casual or light-hearted manner.

Usage examples:

Roger breezed into her office

noun

Small cinders mixed with sand and cement to make breeze blocks.

noun

An extremely easy task.

Usage examples:

The program was a cinch to use

verb

Secure (a garment) with a belt.

Usage examples:

My cut-offs are cinched by a belt

noun

Something that is very easy or certain to be done or happen

Usage examples:

Training a puppy is a cinch if you bribe him with treats., my guide cinched the llama’s saddle tigh…

noun

A very easy task.

Usage examples:

This printer's a doddle to set up and use

noun

Something that is very easy to do

Usage examples:

The exam was a doddle.

noun

An activity that one engages in for amusement or fun.

Usage examples:

The kids were playing a game with their balloons

adjective

Eager or willing to do something new or challenging.

Usage examples:

They were game for anything

verb

Manipulate (a situation), typically in a way that is unfair or unscrupulous.

Usage examples:

It was very easy for a few big companies to game the system

noun

A thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.

Usage examples:

Wedding gifts

verb

Give (something) as a gift, especially formally or as a donation or bequest.

Usage examples:

The company gifted 2,999 shares to a charity

noun

Gamete intrafallopian transfer, a technique for assisting conception by introducing mixed ova and sperm into a fallopian tube.

Usage examples:

The first successful pregnancy conceived through gift occurred in 1984

noun

A collapse of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff.

Usage examples:

The road was blocked by a landslide

noun

A mass of rock and earth falling unexpectedly down a steep slope

Usage examples:

A landslide victory, the senator won by a landslide last year.

idiom

To be very easy

Usage examples:

Beating them was the easiest thing in the world - it was like taking candy from a baby.

noun

An occasion when a packed meal is eaten outdoors, especially during an outing to the countryside.

Usage examples:

We swam and went on picnics

verb

Have or take part in a picnic.

Usage examples:

In summer they picnicked on the beach

idiom

Any undertaking that is easy to do

idiom

Infml something that is easy to do

Usage examples:

For him, taking tests is a piece of cake.

noun

A person who is easy to overcome or influence.

Usage examples:

Colonel moore was benevolent but no pushover

noun

Something easy to do or win, or someone who is easily persuaded, influenced, or defeated

Usage examples:

Krista gets whatever she wants – her parents are real pushovers.

noun

A disorderly retreat of defeated troops.

Usage examples:

The retreat degenerated into a rout

verb

Defeat and cause to retreat in disorder.

Usage examples:

In a matter of minutes the attackers were routed

verb

Cut a groove, or any pattern not extending to the edges, in (a wooden or metal surface).

Usage examples:

You routed each plank all along its length

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

noun

A person who sits, especially for a portrait or examination.

Usage examples:

She always hopes to imbue a portrait with the sitter's character

noun

Short form ofbaby-sitter

noun

A great victory or achievement.

Usage examples:

A garden built to celebrate napoleon's many triumphs

verb

Achieve a victory; be successful.

Usage examples:

Spectacle has once again triumphed over content

noun

A complete victory or success achieved esp. after great difficulties, making the result particularly satisfying

Usage examples:

[ c ] the elimination of smallpox was one of medicine’s greatest triumphs., we visited yorktown bat…