walkathon

walkathon

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English walk
English -athon
English walkathon

    From walk + -athon.

    Noun

    walkathon (plural walkathons)

    1. A long-distance walk, either as a race or in aid of charity.
      Synonyms: sponsored walk, walking marathon
      • 1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm:
        [In 1946.] Some tattered walkathon tune of the early thirties went banging like a one-wheeled Good Humor cart of those same years through his head as the cards slipped mechanically about the board and his fingers went lightly dividing change in the middle, taking the house's percentage without making the winner too sharply aware of the cut.
      • 2005 October 17, Erika Hayasaki, “‘Kids Who Care’ a Force at Annual AIDS Walk”, in Los Angeles Times‎[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 March 2026:
        The student-led group has consistently ranked among the top 20 fundraisers for the walkathon, organizers said. Started 15 years ago by a determined 7-year-old named Leo Beckerman, Kids Who Care has raised more than $500,000 for AIDS organizations, according to the Beckerman family, of Studio City.
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