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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: filibuster
filibuster
n 1: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay
or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes [syn:
filibusterer]
2: a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making
long speeches
v : obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Filibustering
Filibuster
\Fil"i*bus*ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Fillibustered;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Filibustering.]
1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
--Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
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