Walk-in

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That may be walked into:; That people may enter without a prior appointment. not-comparable

    "On multiple occasions, beginning when she was 12, Sara went to her local GP and to walk-in clinics wearing her hijab to get the morning-after pill."

  2. 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. US, not-comparable

    "Aspen is a walk-in tent campground with sites tucked in among the pine"

  3. 3
    That may be walked into:; Spacious enough to walk into. not-comparable

    "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, ..."

  4. 4
    That may be walked into:; Designed to be possible to walk into (without stepping over a ledge, etc). not-comparable

    "a walk-in bathtub"

  5. 5
    Gaining access through unlocked doors. not-comparable

    "… (locations, that are vulnerable to walk-in robbery), which makes isolation of the value from UCR statistics impossible."

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  1. 6
    A headmate who shows up in a system fully formed. not-comparable
  2. 7
    A headmate who shows up in a system fully formed.; Can be a fictive, factive, or neither not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter wordnet
Noun
  1. 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.
  2. 2
    a small room large enough to admit entrance wordnet
  3. 3
    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.

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

  4. 4
    an assured victory (especially in an election) wordnet
  5. 5
    A facility or room which may be walked into:; A facility or an event that principally handles customers who do not have an appointment.

    "Most teen clinics are walk-ins."

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  1. 6
    an operative who initiates their own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum wordnet
  2. 7
    A facility or room which may be walked into:; A facility accessed on foot rather than by car, usually contrasted to drive-in.

    "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."

  3. 8
    person who walks in without having an appointment wordnet
  4. 9
    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.

    "An astute manager will have a table or two set aside for important regular customers or demanding walk-ins."

  5. 10
    Someone who walks in (to a place, etc):; A defector (or similar) who walks into an embassy (etc) unannounced.

    "Still, a rapidly formed working group of Mossad wise men debated the risk in dealing with a walk-in, a volunteer who shows up bearing gifts."

  6. 11
    A demonstration or protest in which the participants assemble outside a facility, gain media exposure, and enter the facility in unison.
  7. 12
    A person whose original soul has departed the body and been replaced with another.

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Deverbal from walk in.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from walk in.

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