how to pronounce cakewalk

/ˈkɛɪk.wɔːk/

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cakewalk is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of cakewalk in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… was a cakewalk that year aged just 28 …”

meanings of cakewalk

noun:

The style of music associated with such a contest.
The dance, or strutting style of dance associated with such a contest.
A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers.
Something that is easy or simple, or that does not present a great challenge.

verb:

To perform the cakewalk dance.

cakewalk frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word cakewalk occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics cakewalk can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that cakewalk can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;