checkmate: Meaning and Definition of

check•mate

1. Also called
1. an act or instance of maneuvering the opponent's king into a check from which it cannot escape, thus bringing the game to a victorious conclusion.
2. the position of the pieces when a king is checkmated.
2. a complete check; defeat: His efforts to escape met with a checkmate.

1. to maneuver (an opponent's king) into a check from which it cannot escape; mate.
2. to check completely; defeat: Napoleon was checkmated at Waterloo.

1. (used by a player to announce that he or she has put the opponent's king into inextricable check.)