"walk-on" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: walk-ons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} walk-on (plural walk-ons)
  1. A student athlete who wants to try out for a college sports/athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited. Categories (topical): College sports, People
    Sense id: en-walk-on-en-noun-2yRoq008 Disambiguation of College sports: 59 15 10 16 Disambiguation of People: 40 28 1 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 7 4 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 11 3 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 8 4 37
  2. An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines. Translations (actor with a small part): статист (statist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 茄哩啡 (ke¹ le¹ fe¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 群眾演員 (Chinese Mandarin), 群众演员 (qúnzhòng yǎnyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), figurant [masculine] (Dutch), nevenfiguur [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), sivuosan esittäjä (Finnish), figurant (French), comparse [feminine, masculine] (French), Statist [masculine] (German), Statistin [feminine] (German), Komparse [masculine] (German), נִצָּב (nitzáv) [masculine] (Hebrew), statiszta (Hungarian), aisteoir breise [masculine] (Irish), aisteoir mionpháirteanna [masculine] (Irish), figurante [feminine, masculine] (Italian), statist (Norwegian), statysta (Polish), figurante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), стати́ст (statíst) [masculine] (Russian), стати́стка (statístka) [feminine] (Russian), statist [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), figurante (Spanish), comparsa [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), statist [common-gender] (Swedish), ตัวประกอบ (dtuua-bprà-gɔ̀ɔp) (Thai), figüran (Turkish), стати́ст (statýst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), стати́стка (statýstka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-walk-on-en-noun-F7TSjxYe Disambiguation of 'actor with a small part': 11 74 10 5
  3. (chiefly attributive) Such a part in a play or film. Tags: attributive Translations (small part in a play or film): nevenrol [feminine] (Dutch), sivuosa (Finnish), figuration [feminine] (French), statisztaszerep (Hungarian), figurazione [feminine] (Italian), нема́я роль (nemája rolʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-walk-on-en-noun-1SbfE7Xo Disambiguation of 'small part in a play or film': 3 28 63 5
  4. One who arrives and boards transport (such as a train or ferry) without having booked in advance.
    Sense id: en-walk-on-en-noun-gNmG70Jk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 7 4 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: walk-on girl

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      ],
      "word": "figurante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "statíst",
      "sense": "actor with a small part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стати́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "statístka",
      "sense": "actor with a small part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стати́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "actor with a small part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "statist"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actor with a small part",
      "word": "figurante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "actor with a small part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comparsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "actor with a small part",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "statist"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtuua-bprà-gɔ̀ɔp",
      "sense": "actor with a small part",
      "word": "ตัวประกอบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "actor with a small part",
      "word": "figüran"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "statýst",
      "sense": "actor with a small part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стати́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "statýstka",
      "sense": "actor with a small part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "стати́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small part in a play or film",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nevenrol"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small part in a play or film",
      "word": "sivuosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small part in a play or film",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "figuration"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small part in a play or film",
      "word": "statisztaszerep"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small part in a play or film",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "figurazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nemája rolʹ",
      "sense": "small part in a play or film",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нема́я роль"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "walk-on"
  ],
  "word": "walk-on"
}

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