cakewalk

/ˈkeɪk.wɔːk/

NOUN

1. Something that is very easy to accomplish

A task, activity, or undertaking that requires very little effort or presents no significant difficulty.

Something that can be completed easily without requiring much effort, skill, or difficulty.

For him, the mathematics test was a cakewalk compared to the physics examination.
The experienced team found the final stage of the project to be a cakewalk.
After years of practice, repairing the machine was a cakewalk for her.

A competition, contest, or match that is won with little difficulty, often because one participant is considerably stronger than the opponent.

NOUN

A contest in which participants performed a particular strutting dance, with a cake traditionally awarded as the prize to the best dancer.

A historical social competition in which dancers performed a stylized walking dance and the best performer received a cake.

The community organized a cakewalk in which the winning dancers received a cake.
Historical accounts describe cakewalks as lively social competitions.

VERB

To perform the traditional cakewalk, a stylized dance characterized by exaggerated, strutting movements.

Moving in the distinctive manner of the cakewalk dance, using exaggerated steps and stylish, rhythmic movements.