Meaning of catwalker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fashion model who works on a catwalk.
   informal
2. One who walks a cat or cats.
   informal, rare
3. One who works on a catwalk (high elevated platform).

Examples

“The bouncer insisted that the club had hit maximum capacity— even though others were allowed in and it was not that crowded inside— and told the Czech catwalker to get in line like a civilian.”

“Originally a model herself, she made her acting debut as an aspiring catwalker (with Michael Learned and Leah Remini, hugging, and Alison Elliott, right) in an '89 sitcom.”

“Twenty years later, dissatisfied with the lack of foundation shades for women of color, she segued from catwalker to cosmetics entrepreneur, founding her eponymous line.”

“Lola was more cat lady than catwalker.”

“Production Assistant and catwalker on Harry and Tonto.”

“Like the man who work on the swaying cables of suspension bridges and steel girders of skyscrapers, the catwalkers are nonchalant about the height, the slim path they tread and the penalty of a false step.”

“The longer the walk, the longer the finished rope or cable, so the narrow catwalks began high up under the roof, with a catwalker walking backwards to add the hemp strands fed to him by helpers.”

“The catwalker is the fascinated but detached spectator who now and then has a strange illusion of power— "the feeling . . . that you could put out your finger and make a change in the universe."”

“Worthless Wiecky, janitor and catwalker! I can just see the haughty cat, tail tall, glide serenely across the lobby as the witless Wiecky holds the door for it while inside the elevator his employer fidgets at the delay!”

“The centralized hub provides weary catwalkers with a spacious rest area—and sanctuary from children and other loud noises.”

“One element a cat-walker has to be prepared for is the pursuit's unique, stop-start rhythm.”

“Nor, if it was at all possible – although I accept this is a bit nit-picky – a daily cat-walker.”

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