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- DictionaryWa·ter·loo/ˌwôdərˈlo͞o/
- 1. an industrial and commercial city in northeastern Iowa; population 66,662 (est. 2008).
- 2. see Austin
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The meaning of WATERLOO is a decisive or final defeat or setback. How to use waterloo in a sentence.
noun. a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815. a decisive or crushing defeat: The candidate met her Waterloo in the national elections. a city in E Iowa. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
Mar 19, 2024 · Especially in the phrase to meet one’s Waterloo, the noun Waterloo designates a decisive or crushing defeat. The allusion is to the last major battle of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-15), fought outside the village of Waterloo, near Brussels, on Sunday 18th June 1815, in which Napoléon I * was decisively and finally defeated.
Waterloo /ˌwɑːtɚ ˈ luː/ noun. plural Waterloos. Britannica Dictionary definition of WATERLOO. [count] : a final defeat. his political Waterloo. The governor finally met his Waterloo [=was defeated] in the last election. WATERLOO meaning: a final defeat.
noun. a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat. see more. see less.
noun. Any disastrous or decisive defeat. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: Battle of Waterloo. fall. downfall. collapse. Other Word Forms of Waterloo. Noun. Singular: Waterloo. Plural: waterloos. Origin of Waterloo. After Waterloo Belgium. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun. 1. a small town in central Belgium, in Walloon Brabant province south of Brussels: battle (1815) fought nearby in which British and Prussian forces under the Duke of Wellington and Blücher routed the French under Napoleon. Pop: 29 003 (2004 est) 2. a total or crushing defeat (esp in meet one's Waterloo) Collins English Dictionary.
