noun
1. person who walks in without having an appointment
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the emergency room was overrun with walk-ins
• Derivationally related forms: ↑walk in
2. an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum
• Hypernyms: ↑secret agent, ↑intelligence officer, ↑intelligence agent, ↑operative, ↑deserter, ↑defector
3. an assured victory (especially in an election)
• Syn: ↑waltz
4. a small room large enough to admit entrance
• Hypernyms: ↑room
adjective
(of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter
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a deep walk-in refrigerator
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walk-in closets
• Similar to: ↑deep
Useful english dictionary. 2012.