cake·walk (k?k?wôk?)n.1. Something easily accomplished: Winning the race was a cakewalk for her. See Synonyms at breeze1.2. A public entertainment of the 1800s among African Americans in which walkers performing the most accomplished or amusing steps won cakes as prizes.3. a. A strutting dance, often performed in minstrel shows.b. The music for this dance.intr.v. cake·walked, cake·walk·ing, cake·walks 1. To achieve or accomplish something easily.2. To perform a strutting dance.cake?walk?er n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.cakewalk (?ke?k?w??k) n1. (Dancing) a dance based on a march with intricate steps, originally performed by African-Americans with the prize of a cake for the best performers2. (Music, other) a piece of music composed for this dance3. informal an easily accomplished taskvb (Dancing) (intr) to perform the cakewalk ?cake?walker nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cake?walk (?ke?k?w?k) n. 1. a musical promenade of black American origin with the prize of a cake awarded to couples who demonstrated the most intricate or imaginative dance figures and steps. 2. a dance with a strutting step based on this promenade. 3. syncopated music suitable for a cakewalk. 4. Informal. something easy or certain. v.i. 5. to perform a cakewalk. [1860?65] cake?walk`er, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.cakewalk – Started out as a competitive dance whose winner got a cake as a prize.See also related terms for prize.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.cakewalkPast participle: cakewalkedGerund: cakewalkingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativecakewalkcakewalkPresentI cakewalkyou cakewalkhe/she/it cakewalkswe cakewalkyou cakewalkthey cakewalkPreteriteI cakewalkedyou cakewalkedhe/she/it cakewalkedwe cakewalkedyou cakewalkedthey cakewalkedPresent ContinuousI am cakewalkingyou are cakewalkinghe/she/it is cakewalkingwe are cakewalkingyou are cakewalkingthey are cakewalkingPresent PerfectI have cakewalkedyou have cakewalkedhe/she/it has cakewalkedwe have cakewalkedyou have cakewalkedthey have cakewalkedPast ContinuousI was cakewalkingyou were cakewalkinghe/she/it was cakewalkingwe were cakewalkingyou were cakewalkingthey were cakewalkingPast PerfectI had cakewalkedyou had cakewalkedhe/she/it had cakewalkedwe had cakewalkedyou had cakewalkedthey had cakewalkedFutureI will cakewalkyou will cakewalkhe/she/it will cakewalkwe will cakewalkyou will cakewalkthey will cakewalkFuture PerfectI will have cakewalkedyou will have cakewalkedhe/she/it will have cakewalkedwe will have cakewalkedyou will have cakewalkedthey will have cakewalkedFuture ContinuousI will be cakewalkingyou will be cakewalkinghe/she/it will be cakewalkingwe will be cakewalkingyou will be cakewalkingthey will be cakewalkingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been cakewalkingyou have been cakewalkinghe/she/it has been cakewalkingwe have been cakewalkingyou have been cakewalkingthey have been cakewalkingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been cakewalkingyou will have been cakewalkinghe/she/it will have been cakewalkingwe will have been cakewalkingyou will have been cakewalkingthey will have been cakewalkingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been cakewalkingyou had been cakewalkinghe/she/it had been cakewalkingwe had been cakewalkingyou had been cakewalkingthey had been cakewalkingConditionalI would cakewalkyou would cakewalkhe/she/it would cakewalkwe would cakewalkyou would cakewalkthey would cakewalkPast ConditionalI would have cakewalkedyou would have cakewalkedhe/she/it would have cakewalkedwe would have cakewalkedyou would have cakewalkedthey would have cakewalkedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011cakewalkA dance in which couples walk in a square formation and take exaggerated high steps and turn corners precisely in mimicry of the white man?s artificial manners.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited