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- Cake|walk['keikwɔ:k] der; -[s], -s<aus gleichbed. engl. cakewalk, eigtl. »Kuchentanz«>aus einem urspr. pantomimischen Tanz um 1900 entstandener afroamerik. Gesellschaftstanz
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Cakewalk
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Cakewalk — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Compañía Norteamericana de Software y Hardware para aplicaciones musicales (DAW Digital Audio Workstation Estación de trabajo de audio digital). Su producto estrella es el secuenciador de Audio/MIDI SONAR, el cual va … Wikipedia Español
cakewalk — ☆ cakewalk [kāk′wôk΄ ] n. 1. an elaborate step or walk formerly performed by blacks in the South competing for the prize of a cake 2. a strutting dance developed from this 3. something easily accomplished, won, etc. vi. to do a cakewalk… … English World dictionary
cakewalk — s.n. Dans afroamerican cu ritm sincopat, cântat la banjo, care se dansa cu paşi iuţi şi mărunţi şi ale cărui câteva figuri au fost preluate în dansul şimi. [pron. chéic uoc. / < engl. cake walk – mersul cozonacului (câştigătorul dansului era… … Dicționar Român
cakewalk — (n.) 1863, Amer.Eng., from CAKE (Cf. cake) (n.) + WALK (Cf. walk), probably in ref. to the cake given as a prize for the fanciest steps in a procession in a Southern black custom (explained by Richard H. Thornton, 1912, as, A walking competition… … Etymology dictionary
cakewalk — (izg. kȇjkvȏk) m DEFINICIJA glazb. ples crnačkog stanovništva SAD a, nastao oko 1870, kasnije popularan u jazzu ETIMOLOGIJA engl. ≃ cake: kolač (bio je nagrada za najljepši korak na zabavama na kojima se rađao cake walk) … Hrvatski jezični portal
Cakewalk — This article is about the form of music and dance. For the musical notation program, see Cakewalk (sequencer). For other meanings, see Cakewalk (disambiguation). Infobox Music genre bgcolor=goldenrod color=white name=Cakewalk stylistic… … Wikipedia
Cakewalk — Der Cakewalk ist ein Gesellschaftstanz, der um 1850 entstand und zunächst Chalk Line Walk (englisch für „Kreideliniengang“) genannt wurde. Von 1895 bis 1905 wurde der Tanz dann auf der Grundlage von Ragtime Musik als Cakewalk zum bekannten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Cakewalk — Cake|walk 〈[kɛıkwɔ:k] m.; od. s, s; Mus.〉 1. 〈urspr.〉 traditioneller Rundtanz nordamerikan. Sklaven um einen dabei zu gewinnenden Kuchen 2. 〈danach〉 (zu Anfang des 20. Jh. in Europa eingeführter) mit Jazzrhythmen unterlegter Gesellschafts u.… … Universal-Lexikon
cakewalk — cakewalker, n. /kayk wawk /, n. 1. (formerly) a promenade or march, of black American origin, in which the couples with the most intricate or eccentric steps received cakes as prizes. 2. a dance with a strutting step based on this promenade. 3.… … Universalium
cakewalk — noun a) A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers. Just as common as she is, a cakewalk sort of a name. b) The style of music associated with such a contest. Nah. The first step’s a cakewalk. We can beat the hell out of a… … Wiktionary
cakewalk — cake|walk [ˈkeıkwo:k US wo:k] n [singular] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: cakewalk walking competition with a cake as first prize (19 20 centuries)] AmE informal a very easy thing to do, or a very easy victory = ↑piece of cake ▪ The game was a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
