walk-off

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wawk awf, of]
- /wɔk ɔf, ɒf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wawk awf, of]
- /wɔk ɔf, ɒf/

Definitions of walk-off word

noun walk-off a person who escapes easily, especially by walking away from a place of detention; a walkaway: The guards rounded up the walk-offs from the prison farm. 1
noun walk-off A prisoner who escapes custody without violence by taking advantage of the opportunity provided by negligence or distraction of guards. 0
noun walk-off A walkout. 0
noun walk-off (baseball) Any event or action in the bottom of the last inning of a game that scores a run and thereby ends the game with a victory to the team at bat. 0
adjective walk-off (baseball, of a hit) That drives in a run that ends a game. 0

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Origin of walk-off

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40; noun use of verb phrase walk off

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Parts of speech for Walk-off

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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walk-off popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.