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walk-in

adj · noun · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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adj

Meaning 1

That may be walked into:

That people may enter without a prior appointment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

That may be walked into:

Accessed by walking, either exclusively, as a campground, or together with drive-in access, as at some drive-in movie theaters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 3

That may be walked into:

Spacious enough to walk into.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: pantry; refrigerator; freezer; etc; pantry; refrigerator; freezer; etc

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adj

Meaning 4

That may be walked into:

Designed to be possible to walk into (without stepping over a ledge, etc).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a walk-in bathtub

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adj

Meaning 5

Gaining access through unlocked doors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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noun

Meaning 6

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 7

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a walk-in bathroom, a walk-in apartment, lived in a walk-in on Lime Street

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noun

Meaning 8

A facility or room which may be walked into:

A facility or an event that principally handles customers who do not have an appointment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Most teen clinics are walk-ins.
  • An increasing demand for skills in niche technologies coupled with higher attrition have prompted these software services firms to organise walk-ins for technology talent too.

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noun

Meaning 9

A facility or room which may be walked into:

A facility accessed on foot rather than by car, usually contrasted to drive-in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 10

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 11

Someone who walks in (to a place, etc):

A defector (or similar) who walks into an embassy (etc) unannounced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 12

A demonstration or protest in which the participants assemble outside a facility, gain media exposure, and enter the facility in unison.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 13

A person whose original soul has departed the body and been replaced with another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience

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noun

Meaning 14

A headmate (fictive, factive, or neither) who shows up in a system fully formed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: multiplicity slang

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noun

Meaning 15

a small room large enough to admit entrance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: room

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noun

Meaning 16

an assured victory (especially in an election)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: waltz

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Broader terms: victory, triumph

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noun

Meaning 17

an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: deserter, defector, secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative

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noun

Meaning 18

person who walks in without having an appointment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the emergency room was overrun with walk-ins

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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

History

Etymology

Deverbal from walk in.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: без уговорка (bez ugovorka) — without appointments before
  • Malay: tanpa janji temu — without appointments before
  • Spanish: sin cita/reserva/reservación — without appointments before
  • German: begehbar — spacious enough to walk into