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SignalGate

Syllables: Sig·nal·gate/ˈsɪɡ.nəlˌɡeɪt/

SignalGate is the alternative letter-case form of Signalgate.

Proper noun capitalized: Signalgate

Signalgate

  1. (US, colloquial) A security incident around the United States government discussing classified information on unsecured devices via the messaging app Signal, publicized due to the chief editor of a news magazine having been added by the National Security Advisor on the 13th of March 2025 to a group planning military strikes against the Houthis.
    • As a story, Signalgate is more than just a serious breach of national security. It’s colorful, it’s visual, it’s easy to understand and it raises the most dangerous charge of all for any government — one of rank incompetence.2025 March 25, Jack Blanchard, “Playbook: Signalgate”, in Politico
    • In SCIFs, the secure rooms where Washington officials conduct their most sensitive conversations, phones aren’t even allowed in the door. The people at the center of Signalgate — the national security adviser, Michael Waltz; the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth; the director of national...2025 March 27, Noah Shachtman, “America Can’t Keep a Secret”, in The New York Times, page A22

Forms of SignalGate

alternative formSignalGate

Origin of SignalGate

From Signal + -gate.

Questions about SignalGate

What does SignalGate mean?
SignalGate means a security incident around the United States government discussing classified information on unsecured devices via the messaging app Signal, publicized due to the chief editor of a news magazine having been added by the National Security Advisor on the 13th of March 2025 to a group planning military strikes against the Houthis.
What is SignalGate the alternative letter-case form of?
SignalGate is the alternative letter-case form of Signalgate.
What part of speech is SignalGate?
SignalGate is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce SignalGate?
SignalGate is pronounced /ˈsɪɡ.nəlˌɡeɪt/.

Words near SignalGate in the dictionary

  1. signaler
  2. signalers
  3. signalese
  4. signaletic
  5. signaletics
  6. SignalGate
  7. signalgrass
  8. signalhood
  9. signalic
  10. signaling
  11. signalings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: SignalGate (page history and authors); Signalgate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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