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walkathon

walkathon noun: a long-distance walk, either as a race or in aid of charity.

Noun

walkathon (plural walkathons)

  1. A long-distance walk, either as a race or in aid of charity.
    • [In 1946.] Some tattered walkathon tune of the early thirties went banging like a one-wheeled Good Humor cart of those same years through his head as the cards slipped mechanically about the board and his fingers went lightly dividing change in the middle, taking the house's percentage without...1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm
    • The student-led group has consistently ranked among the top 20 fundraisers for the walkathon, organizers said. Started 15 years ago by a determined 7-year-old named Leo Beckerman, Kids Who Care has raised more than $500,000 for AIDS organizations, according to the Beckerman family, of Studio City.2005 October 17, Erika Hayasaki, “‘Kids Who Care’ a Force at Annual AIDS Walk”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...

Synonyms of walkathon

Forms of walkathon

pluralwalkathons

Origin of walkathon

From walk + -athon.

Questions about walkathon

What does walkathon mean?
Walkathon means a long-distance walk, either as a race or in aid of charity.
What part of speech is walkathon?
Walkathon is a noun.
What is the plural of walkathon?
The plural of walkathon is walkathons.

Words near walkathon in the dictionary

  1. walkalong
  2. walkalongs
  3. walkaround
  4. walkaround money
  5. walkarounds
  6. walkathon
  7. walkathons
  8. walkaway
  9. walkaways
  10. walkback
  11. walkbacks

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