WALK-IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does walk-in mean? 

• WALK-IN (noun)
  The noun WALK-IN has 4 senses:

1. person who walks in without having an appointment

2. an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum

3. an assured victory (especially in an election)

4. a small room large enough to admit entrance

  Familiarity information: WALK-IN used as a noun is uncommon.

• WALK-IN (adjective)
  The adjective WALK-IN has 1 sense:

1. (of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter

  Familiarity information: WALK-IN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WALK-IN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Person who walks in without having an appointment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

the emergency room was overrun with walk-ins

Hypernyms ("walk-in" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

walk in (enter by walking)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("walk-in" is a kind of...):

defector; deserter (a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post))

intelligence agent; intelligence officer; operative; secret agent (a person secretly employed in espionage for a government)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An assured victory (especially in an election)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

walk-in; waltz

Hypernyms ("walk-in" is a kind of...):

triumph; victory (a successful ending of a struggle or contest)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A small room large enough to admit entrance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("walk-in" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

• WALK-IN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter

Context example:

walk-in closets

Similar:

deep (having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination)