"walk-in" meaning in English

See walk-in in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Deverbal from walk in. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|walk in}} Deverbal from walk in Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} walk-in (not comparable)
  1. That may be walked into:
    (of a place) That people may enter without a prior appointment.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-adj-OcWrObp5
  2. That may be walked into:
    (US, of a facility) Accessed by walking, either exclusively, as a campground, or together with drive-in access, as at some drive-in movie theaters.
    Tags: US, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-adj-X3JOF~m3 Categories (other): American English, English deverbals, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Malay translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 9 10 9 9 2 7 7 7 7 12 12 7 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 13 8 8 2 6 6 6 5 11 11 13 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 11 8 8 2 6 6 6 6 13 13 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 11 9 9 2 6 6 6 6 12 12 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 8 11 8 8 2 5 5 5 6 13 13 8 9
  3. That may be walked into:
    (of a closet, pantry, refrigerator, freezer, etc) Spacious enough to walk into.
    Tags: not-comparable Translations (spacious enough to walk into): begehbar (German)
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-adj-W8HqcR94 Disambiguation of 'spacious enough to walk into': 11 11 53 24 1
  4. That may be walked into:
    Designed to be possible to walk into (without stepping over a ledge, etc).
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-adj-CJka30an
  5. (of a thief or theft) Gaining access through unlocked doors. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-adj-1O1V2EJM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: walk-in closet, walk-up Translations (without appointments before): без уговорка (bez ugovorka) (Bulgarian), tanpa janji temu (Malay), (atender) sin cita (Spanish), sin reserva (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'without appointments before': 36 16 16 32 1

Noun

Forms: walk-ins [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from walk in. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|walk in}} Deverbal from walk in Head templates: {{en-noun}} walk-in (plural walk-ins)
  1. A facility or room which may be walked into:
    A relatively small room (such as a closet or pantry) or refrigerator or freezer that is spacious enough to walk into.
    Categories (topical): Rooms
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-noun-Cdk4h~eg Disambiguation of Rooms: 7 7 7 10 2 21 7 6 6 10 10 5 2
  2. A facility or room which may be walked into:
    A relatively larger room or (especially) an apartment that is entered directly, not via an intervening passage or lobby.
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-noun-aaqbsGqu
  3. A facility or room which may be walked into:
    A facility or an event that principally handles customers who do not have an appointment.
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-noun-LBJ3H84n
  4. A facility or room which may be walked into:
    A facility accessed on foot rather than by car, usually contrasted to drive-in.
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-noun-WqmIYvUu
  5. Someone who walks in (to a place, etc):
    A customer, job applicant or similar who visits a restaurant, medical facility, car dealership, etc. without a reservation, appointment, or referral.
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-noun-BMgVHxf3 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 9 10 9 9 2 7 7 7 7 12 12 7 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 9 9 2 6 6 6 6 13 13 8 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 13 8 8 2 6 6 6 5 11 11 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 9 9 9 4 6 6 6 6 12 12 8 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 10 9 9 1 6 6 6 6 13 13 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 11 8 8 2 6 6 6 6 13 13 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 11 9 9 2 6 6 6 6 12 12 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 8 11 8 8 2 5 5 5 6 13 13 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 9 9 9 1 6 6 6 6 13 13 10 2
  6. Someone who walks in (to a place, etc):
    A defector (or similar) who walks into an embassy (etc) unannounced.
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-noun-4WmSOdZQ Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 9 10 9 9 2 7 7 7 7 12 12 7 2 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 9 9 2 6 6 6 6 13 13 8 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 13 8 8 2 6 6 6 5 11 11 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 9 9 9 4 6 6 6 6 12 12 8 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 10 9 9 1 6 6 6 6 13 13 7 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 11 8 8 2 6 6 6 6 13 13 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 11 9 9 2 6 6 6 6 12 12 9 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 8 11 8 8 2 5 5 5 6 13 13 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 9 9 9 1 6 6 6 6 13 13 10 2
  7. A demonstration or protest in which the participants assemble outside a facility, gain media exposure, and enter the facility in unison.
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-noun-eUAdjMtd Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 13 8 8 2 6 6 6 5 11 11 13 2
  8. (parapsychology) A person whose original soul has departed the body and been replaced with another. Categories (topical): Parapsychology
    Sense id: en-walk-in-en-noun--k2Lljvv Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2018, Forrest Steele, Never Again, Seriously, Archway Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Eighteen-inch ceramic tiles, laid diagonally, made the home seem bigger. Opposite the kitchen was the bedroom wing with a master suite plus two other bedrooms, each having its own bath. All the showers were walk-in.",
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          "ref": "1925, Domestic Commerce Series, page 32:",
          "text": "This consideration applies to the location of all types of petroleum-solvent cleaning plants, whether operated as delivery plants, drive-ins, walk-ins, or wholesale establishments.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1961, “Drive-ins Booming: Highway restaurants now a $6 billion annual business.”, in Financial World, volume 115, page 1060:",
          "text": "As most of the food is prepackaged and frozen, and anyone can cook a hamburger or make a malted, drive-in payrolls run a full third under those for \"walk-ins\"",
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          "ref": "1971, Vogue, volume 157, page 466:",
          "text": "Walk-ins are not like drive-ins, which freeze or isolate the individual in his eco-damaging armour-tool. Walk-ins are freewheeling playgrounds for the naked ape.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1978, Trade Regulation Series, volume 12, number 5, page 327:",
          "text": "It is undisputed this method of distribution and exhibition would insulate drive-ins from competing with walk-ins for licenses to exhibit first-run pictures, thereby resulting in less film rental to the distributors from the drive-ins.",
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          "ref": "1996, Kazuo Nishiyama, Welcoming the Japanese visitor: insights, tips, tactics, page 85:",
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          "ref": "1996, Susan L. Diamond, Hard Labor, page 275:",
          "text": "Any patient with such a history and any woman who has not received prenatal care or who is a walk-in—an unexpected patient with no prenatal chart—will have toxicology labs done,",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 May 3, “As the roads to addiction differ, so do the paths to recovery”, in The Laconia Daily Sun:",
          "text": "others may be getting their first medication through the new Doorway program at Lakes Region General Hospital, which works with walk-ins as well as people referred by the state's 2-1-1 health services crisis line.",
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          "ref": "2007 April 10, “Who Killed Ashraf Marwan?”, in The New York Times, retrieved 2015-09-18:",
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          "ref": "2011, Gina Lake, ET Contact, page 8:",
          "text": "This soul-exchange happens without the body dying. Star People and Walk-ins can be of either orientation—positive or negative—although most from fifth density and beyond are positive.",
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          "ref": "2007, Fred Dow, Suzanne Dow, U. S. National Forest Campground Guide:",
          "text": "Aspen is a walk-in tent campground with sites tucked in among the pine",
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          "ref": "1999, Cruise Travel, page 47:",
          "text": "Our roomy superior category double looked out onto the open wraparound promenade through one-way glass that reversed its view at night. The closet was walk-in, and the bath had a full tub. The TV brought in both the BBC and Euronews, ...",
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          "ref": "2011, Paradise Avenger, The Breaking of Poisonwood, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 80:",
          "text": "The closet was walk-in, but all the clothes had been shoved to one side over a low dresser. The other side was consumed by shelves spanning from floor to ceiling. Arranged on the shelves were boxes of every shape and size neatly labeled ...",
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          "text": "a walk-in bathtub"
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          "ref": "2016, Douglas E Roff, Jacob A Roff, Cryptid: Discovery, BookBaby, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“The shower is walk in, multiple showerheads and a tiled bench. Take your time, I installed one of those perpetual hot water heaters, so you can have an endless experience. If you're not out in an hour, I'll call 911.”",
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      "sense": "without appointments before",
      "word": "без уговорка"
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      "sense": "without appointments before",
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      "word": "sin reserva"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "spacious enough to walk into",
      "word": "begehbar"
    }
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}

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