Definition of checkmate

• n. - The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
• n. - A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
• v. t. - To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
• v. t. - To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.