Generally, a player who enrolls at a school and arranges to participate in a particular sport without first receiving an offer of financial aid -- though the NCAA applies a somewhat more stringent definition Under NCAA rules, capping the total number of players allowable for various sports teams, however, the number of walk-ons a team can accept has decreased in recent years Consequently, it's usually necessary to obtain advance permission from the coaching staff to try out as a walk-on
a Diceless character who has a very minor, usually one-time, role in an Issue She is usually only minimally detailed, and has only a few Traits
not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines; "had a nonspeaking role in the play"
The act of entering a scene, making a strong offer that advances the scene, and then exiting Use sparingly
A walk-on part in a play or film is a very small part which usually does not involve any speaking. He and his family have walk-on parts in the latest film
[ 'wok ] (verb.) before 12th century. partly from Middle English walken , from Old English wealcan to roll, toss, journey about and partly from Middle English walkien , from Old English wealcian to roll up, muffle up; akin to Middle Dutch walken to knead, press, full.