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walkover

noun

Meaning

  • An easy victory; a walkaway.

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

  • A horse race with only one entrant.

  • Someone easy to defeat.

  • A backbend combined with a handstand.

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

    "It took about 10 minutes to flip the walkovers in each car."

  • An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.