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    [Verb]  | "check*mate" | \ ˈchek-ˌmāt \


    1: to arrest, thwart, or counter completely

    2: to check (a chess opponent's king) so that escape is impossible

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English chekmaten "to checkmate (the king in chess), frustrate," derivative of chekmat {see: |checkmate:2|checkmate:2};

    [Noun]  | "checkmate" 


    1: the act of checkmating

    2: the situation of a checkmated king

    3: a complete check

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English chekmat, from chek mate, interjection used in chess to announce that an opponent's king cannot escape, borrowed from Anglo-French eschec mat (continental Old French eschec et mat), from eschec "announcement in chess that an opponent's king is in check, {see: |check:2|check:2}" + mat "move by which the king is checkmated, (of a player) having one's king checkmated," borrowed from Arabic māt, borrowed from Persian, "left, at a loss, helpless," variant of mānd, verbal adjective from māndan "to remain," going back to Middle Persian mān-, going back to Old Persian mān-, as in amānaya "(s/he) awaited" {mat|mansion|};

      * Note : Arabic māt has also been taken as application of a native word meaning "(s/he) has died," from the root m-w-t "die." More plausibly this is a folk-etymological analysis of the Persian word, given the predominance of Persian in Arabic chess terminology. See M. E. Moghadam, "A Note on the Etymology of the Word Checkmate," Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 58, no. 4 (December, 1938), pp. 662-64.;

    [Noun]  | "checkmate" 


    [Verb]  | "checkmate" 


    1: to prevent from achieving a goal;


      * e.g., " ... finally checkmated the billionaire in his attempt to take over the movie studio "




     [ "checkmate" ]

    1: Time in chess inwhich the King is being threatened, and cannot move anywhere else without being threatened again. This is the end of a chess game.

      * e.g.,  ...  Your king can't go anywhere; checkmate. 

     [ "checkmate" ]

    2:  To win completely.

      * e.g.,  ...  Wow, now he's dead... checkmate! 

     [ "checkmate" ]

    1: when the minimal amount of urinals are used in a boys bathroom, but you cannot use one without breaking guy code

      * e.g.,  ... 5 urinals, people at urinals 2 and 4, so you cannot use a urinal without being next to someone. Bro i got checkmated today in the bathroom, had to just sit there for 10 minutes so i wouldn't break guy code 

     [ "checkmate" ]

    1: Although synonymous with "unbeatable", it can be used metaphorically to refer to anything you hold in high esteem.

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey man, have you heard that new Red Hot Daggers album? It's fuckin checkmate!!!" 

     [ "checkmate" ]

    2: Derived from the game of chess; checkmate is an offensive position in which the loser cannot move his/her king out of "check" (ie: imminent defeat).

     [ "checkmate" ]

    3: Checkmate therefore means "unbeatable" with the implication that it is highly desireable to obtain.

     [ "checkmate" ]

    1: surrounding a person and threatening their life..i guess.. like in "still bout it" where silkk the shocker says "checkmate" whem he sneaks up to tha guy with a gun. tha other guy has nowhere to go. based on the term they use in chess except in real life.

      * e.g.,  ... "Checkmate" the album by B.G. before he left cash money records. the intro mentions some examples 

     [ "checkmate" ]

    1: To ask on a date.... I think.... lol

      * e.g.,  ... not definition needed.... you idiot 

     [ "Checkmate" ]

    1: What you say when you bring in an argument so powerful that your debate opponent is unable to respond to it.

      * e.g.,  ... Bananas prove god exists. CHECKMATE atheists. 

     [ "Checkmate" ]

    1: Checkmate is a chess term used when the opponent cannot move their king out of check. Checkmate doesnt just mean that you've simply cornered the enemy king its a declaration that the enemy king is yours.

      * e.g.,  ... Checkmate, I win. 

     [ "Checkmate" ]

    1: What you say when someone has been burnt/roasted. When there's just no coming back, and they have nothing to say in reply. There are no moves remaining.

      * e.g.,  ... Sid: Chris, would you mind using at least one of your two brains cells to help me out here? 

     [ "CHECKMATED" ]

    1: A word you say to someone when you've won or outsmarted them.

      * e.g.,  ... James: You knew I liked her and you kiss her!? John: hahaha you've been CHECKMATED 

     [ "Checkmate" ]

    1: To turn up to a friend's house uninvited. Since you have travelled all the way there, they feel obliged to invite you in.

      * e.g.,  ... Tom: Dick is being boring, I don't think he'll want us to come round. 

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