cakewalkPronunciation: /ˈkeɪkwɔːk/Definition of cakewalk noun 1 informal an absurdly or surprisingly easy task:winning the league won’t be a cakewalk for them 2a strutting dance popular at the end of the 19th century, developed from an American black contest in graceful walking which had a cake as a prize. verb [no object] 1 informal achieve or win something easily:he cakewalked to a 5-1 triumph 2walk or dance in the manner of a cakewalk: a troupe of clowns cakewalked bycakewalk in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of cakewalk in the US English dictionary