Definitions for walk-on
walk-on

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. walk-onadjective

   plays a small part in a dramatic production

2. nonspeaking, walk-onadjective

   not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines

   "had a nonspeaking role in the play"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. walk-onnoun

   A student athlete that wants to try out for a college sports/athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited.

2. walk-onnoun

   An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines.

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1. walk-on

   A walk-on refers to a member of a sports team, particularly at a college or university, who was not actively recruited or offered an athletic scholarship before joining. However, they are not precluded from receiving a scholarship once on the team. This term can also apply to theatre, where it refers to a person with a small non-speaking role, or one who appears on stage without having any lines.

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1. Walk-on

   The term walk-on is used in sports, particularly American college athletics, to describe an athlete who becomes part of a team without being actively recruited beforehand or awarded an athletic scholarship. This results in the differentiation between "walk-on" players and "scholarship" players.

How to pronounce walk-on?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say walk-on in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of walk-on in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of walk-on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of walk-on in a Sentence

1. David Cameron:

   Russia has chosen to tear up the international rule book and trample over the affairs of a sovereign state ... we cannot walk on by, we will be contributing an additional 1,000 troops for exercises in Eastern Europe this year.

2. Leonardo DiCaprio:

   Bob (De Niro) and I are going to be starring in a film called 'Killers of the Flower Moon' and if you've ever wondered what it is be like to work with the great Martin Scorsese, this is your chance, we're offering a walk-on role, you'll spend the day on the set with the three of us, and of course you'll attend the premiere.

3. The Red:

   A couple people wanted to go down and walk on the beach and I was like, ‘No. I don’t get the beach. I just don’t care,’.

4. Quentin Fulks:

   It's time for Herschel Walker to stop playing games, the job of a U.S. Senator isn't one where you know the topics ahead of time or get a cheat sheet, and Herschel Walker shouldn't need one to find the courage to walk on a debate stage.

5. Len Evans of Palace Bar:

   We're hoping that the Miami Beach police team are more on top of the crowds, people were dancing and jumping on cars. They were extremely intoxicated, high on drugs, fights everywhere. It was just very unsafe. It was a very unsafe place to be. I felt unsafe to walk on that street because people would just punch people randomly. It was just very chaotic.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=walk-on
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Walk-on
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=walk-on