Watergate Syllabification: (Wa·ter·gate)Pronunciation: /ˈwôtərˌgāt, ˈwä-/Definition of Watergate a political scandal in which an attempt to bug the national headquarters of the Democratic Party (in the Watergate building in Washington, DC) led to the resignation of President Nixon (1974). Watergate in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Watergate in the British & World English dictionary
