floodgate
Meanings
noun
- An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
- Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion, etc.
- A stream that passes through a floodgate; a torrent.
name
- A series of allegations of corruption, mismanagement, and irregularities in flood control projects in the Philippines during and before the administration of President Bongbong Marcos.
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Etymology
From Middle English flodegate, flodgate, flodeyate, floodȝate, flodȝete, equivalent to flood + gate.
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