walk-on

English

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Noun

walk-on (plural walk-ons)

1. A student athlete that wants to try out for a college sports/athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited.
2. An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines.
3. Such a part in a play or film. Usually as walk-on role or walk-on part.

Translations

college athlete wanting to join a team uninvited

actor with a small part

• Bulgarian: статист (bg) (statist) m
• Dutch: figurant (nl) m, nevenfiguur (nl) m and f
• Finnish: sivuosan esittäjä
• French: figurant (fr), comparse (fr) m and f
• German: Statist (de) m, Statistin (de) f, Komparse (de) m

• Hungarian: statiszta (hu)
• Italian: figurante (it) m and f
• Norwegian: statist (no)
• Polish: statysta (pl)
• Turkish: figüran (tr)

small part in a play or film

• Dutch: nevenrol (nl) f
• Finnish: sivuosa (fi)

• French: figuration (fr) f
• Hungarian: statisztaszerep (hu)
• Italian: figurazione (it) f

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• Norwegian: ekstra
• Spanish: exceso