English dictionary

Waterloo

/'w/O/t/@/r,l/u/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

noun.location

Source: WordNet 3.0
a final crushing defeat

noun.event

Examples
He met his waterloo.

Source: WordNet 3.0
the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon

noun.act

Synonyms battle of waterloo

Source: WordNet 3.0