1
: a minor part (as in a dramatic production)
also
: an actor having such a part
2
: a college athlete who tries out for an athletic team without having been recruited or offered a scholarship
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Some of the objections have come from walk-on football players, who aren’t eligible for payments, and athletes in small sports who are receiving very small payments.
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Eddie Pells, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
Guiton inherits a quarterback room that will look almost entirely different from last season, save for the return of redshirt freshman walk-on Milos Spasojevic.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Toward the end of the video, there are walk-on cameos from Lady Gaga and Rosé, the far more conventional duet partners with whom Mars has a pair of recent smashes, but who clearly want some of this refracted salaciousness for themselves.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
The icon was also recognized for his walk-on appearance with Mahomes during Morgan Wallen's show in Missouri.
—Jane Lacroix, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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Eddie Pells, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
Guiton inherits a quarterback room that will look almost entirely different from last season, save for the return of redshirt freshman walk-on Milos Spasojevic.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Toward the end of the video, there are walk-on cameos from Lady Gaga and Rosé, the far more conventional duet partners with whom Mars has a pair of recent smashes, but who clearly want some of this refracted salaciousness for themselves.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
The icon was also recognized for his walk-on appearance with Mahomes during Morgan Wallen's show in Missouri.
—Jane Lacroix, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Walk-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk-on. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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