Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
2.
an unopposed or easy victory.
3.
any task easily done.
4.
Gymnastics. a vertical rotation of the body from a standing position, performed by leaning forward to a brief handstand and bringing the legs over and back down to the floor one at a time (front walkover) or by arching backward to a similar handstand and returning the feet to the floor (back walkover)
Origin
1830-40; noun use of verb phrase walk over
Examples from the web for walkover
But the race was anything but a walkover for the reigning world champion and leader of the series.
But it didn't end the regular season, and the final opponent before the postseason is far from a walkover.
Common walkover structures are preferred for subdivisions to minimize damage to dunes by the proliferation of walkovers.
The principles of reconnaissance survey are applied to windshield and walkover survey.
Others have crossed that same portion of the lawn area to walkover to an adjoining lot where a stairway led directly to the water.
British Dictionary definitions for walkover
walkover
/ˈwɔːkˌəʊvə/
noun
1.
(informal) an easy or unopposed victory
2.
(horse racing)
the running or walking over the course by the only contestant entered in a race at the time of starting
a race won in this way
verb (intransitive, mainly preposition)
3.
(also adverb) to win a race by a walkover
4.
(informal) to beat (an opponent) conclusively or easily
5.
(informal) to take advantage of (someone)
Slang definitions & phrases for walkover
walkaway
noun
An easy victory; cinch, pushover: It looked like a walkover for Clarence/ The odds were on the Redskins in a walkaway