water gate

English - Turkish

Definition of water gate in English Turkish dictionary

su bendi kapısı

kapak

bent kapağı

set

English - English

Definition of water gate in English English dictionary

A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated

dam, weir, sluice gate

regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice

Related Terms

watergate

a gate opening onto water, or only or mainly accessible by water

Watergate

an American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC in 1972) that eventually led to resignation of US President Richard Nixon

Watergate

Watergate salad

Watergate

any scandal usually involving: a) the abuse of ones own, or two or more acting-in-tandem peoples own, occupational position(s) (frequently involving one or more public officials and/or involving a person or persons who significantly jeopardize the trust or resources of the public or of a major nonpublic organization - and very frequently involving one or more significant elected public officials and/or involving one or more high appointed public officials); b) underhanded behavior; and c) a cover-up

Watergate

{i} political scandal involving the administration of the United States President Nixon in 1972

Watergate

a famous political scandal in the US in the early 1970s that caused President Nixon to leave his job before Congress could impeach him (=charge him with a serious crime) . It was discovered that Nixon had agreed to an attempt to obtain information about the Democratic Party's plans for the next election, by secretly going into their offices in the Watergate hotel in Washington D.C. Nixon later tried to prevent this information from being discovered. The Senate asked to hear recordings that Nixon had made of conversations in his office, but when they received them, parts of conversations seemed to have been deliberately removed. These recordings became known as the 'Watergate tapes'.The Watergate Affair shocked people in the US, and made them less willing to trust their political leaders. Because of these events, other political scandals are often given a name ending in '-gate', for example Irangate

watergate

{i} floodgate; gate giving access to water

watergate

a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974

Hyphenation

wa·ter gate

Turkish pronunciation

wôtır geyt

Pronunciation

/ˈwôtər ˈgāt/ /ˈwɔːtɜr ˈɡeɪt/