walk-on
Americannoun
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Also called walking part. a small part in a play or other entertainment, especially one without speaking lines.
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an entertainer or actor who plays such a part.
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an athlete trying out for a team who has not been drafted, specifically invited, scouted, awarded a scholarship, etc.
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of walk-on
First recorded in 1900–05; noun use of verb phrase walk on
Example Sentences
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But she failed to hear her husband Mark's voice on a phone call with Kathy, or see her son's walk-on cameo at the Queen Vic.
From BBC
The former Crespi High star initially wanted to play for Michigan State, but he couldn’t make the team, even as a walk-on, so he tried to become a student manager, and failed at that, too.
From Los Angeles Times
“If I did nothing but eat and lift for six months,” a football fan might fantasize, “I could be a walk-on at the next Jets training camp.”
That makes me excited to wake up and do the whole, like, walk-on or whatever.
From Barron's
At a charity ball earlier this year tied to the Cannes film festival, Durov paid 400,000 euros in an auction to win Vavilova a walk-on role in a Spike Lee movie.
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