walk-through

[ wawk-throo ]

noun

1. Theater, Television.
   1. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play.
   2. a perfunctory performance of a script.
2. Television, Movies. a rehearsal without cameras.
3. a step-by-step demonstration of a procedure or process or a step-by-step explanation of it as a novice attempts it.
4. a pedestrian passageway or arcade through the ground floor of a building connecting one street or building with another.

adjective

1. designed to be walked through by an observer:

   The zoo has a walk-through aviary where the birds are all around you.

2. activated by a person passing through:

   a walk-through electronic scanner at the airport for detecting concealed weapons.

walk through

verb

1. tr to act or recite (a part) in a perfunctory manner, as at a first rehearsal

noun

1. a rehearsal of a part

Word History and Origins

Origin of walk-through¹

First recorded in 1935–40; noun, adj. use of verb phrase walk through

Example Sentences

And if you want proof of what the country is really all about, just walk through the National September 11 Memorial Museum.

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The solution they came up with was the scroll, which let viewers walk through the painting as they unfurled it.

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Getting to the stage called for an awkward walk through the bar area.

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When that door opens to sacrifice for Allah will you walk through?

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Broken glass crunches under my feet as I walk through the school.

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He used to walk through the park, and note with pleasure the care that his father bestowed on the gigantic property.

From Project Gutenberg

I want to get into the country; I never walk through a street simply for the pleasure of it.

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In the first third of my road, which lay along the coast, I counted about thirty-two brooks which we were obliged to walk through.

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This minister had been accused by his antagonist of having been seen taking a walk through one of the parks on the Sabbath.

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At Myslovitz I had an indifferent meal, and afterwards went for a walk through the pretty town.

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Related Words

• dry run
• rehearsal