ALL meanings of watergate
Wa·ter·gate
W w - noun watergate a White House political scandal that came to light during the 1972 presidential campaign, growing out of a break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate apartment-office complex in Washington, D.C., and, after congressional hearings, culminating in the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. 1
- noun watergate A gate of a town or castle opening on to a lake, river, or sea. 1
- noun watergate any scandal involving abuses of power, corruption, or the like, and attempts to cover them up. 1
- noun watergate a gate opening onto water, or only or mainly accessible by water. 0
- proper noun watergate Watergate is used to refer to the events that surrounded the break-in at the Watergate building in Washington, D.C., during the U.S. presidential election campaign of 1972, and the impeachment and resignation of President Richard Nixon as a result of his role in the incident. 0
- noun watergate an incident during the 1972 US presidential campaign, when a group of agents employed by the re-election organization of President Richard Nixon were caught breaking into the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate building, Washington, DC. The consequent political scandal was exacerbated by attempts to conceal the fact that senior White House officials had approved the burglary, and eventually forced the resignation of President Nixon 0
- noun watergate any similar public scandal, esp involving politicians or a possible cover-up 0
- noun watergate a scandal that involves officials violating public trust through subterfuge, bribery, burglary, and other abuses of power in order to maintain their positions of authority 0