cakewalking
Strutting with flair
Cakewalking is walking or moving with exaggerated ease, as if something difficult were effortless.
The term comes from the cakewalk, a dance originating among enslaved Black Americans that involved elaborate strutting—winners received a cake as a prize.
Now it usually describes breezing through a challenge: She went cakewalking through the interview.
Art of traveling performers
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- slaveryOwnership of people
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
reconstruction · segregation · blackface · parody · subversion · resistance · tradition · origins
Proud, showy gait
- promenadeLeisurely public stroll
- struttingWalking with exaggerated pride
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- pranceStep high and proud
sashay · choreography · ballroom · ragtime · syncopation · swing · tap · jitterbug
Light, gentle air movement
- effortlessRequiring no strain
- simpleFree of complexity
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- straightforwardClear and uncomplicated
uncomplicated · waltz · cinch · snap · easy-peasy · manageable · stroll · coasting
minstrelsy
Art of traveling performers
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- slaveryOwnership of people
emancipation · reconstruction · segregation · blackface · parody · subversion · resistance · tradition · origins · ragtime
strut
Proud, showy gait
- promenadeLeisurely public stroll
- struttingWalking with exaggerated pride
- glideMove with effortless continuity
prance · sashay · choreography · ballroom · ragtime · syncopation · swing · tap · jitterbug · vaudeville
breeze
Light, gentle air movement
- effortlessRequiring no strain
- simpleFree of complexity
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
straightforward · uncomplicated · waltz · cinch · snap · easy-peasy · manageable · stroll · coasting · cruising
contest
Organized competitive event
prize · trophy · victory · contestants · couples · promenade · audience · applause · champion · flair