Uk English Meaning of filibuster
Filibuster
Other Uk English words related to Filibuster
- delay
- procrastinate
- stall
- temporize
- crawl
- creep
- dawdle
- swindle
- dillydally
- drag
- fool around
- lag
- hang about
- linger
- loiter
- loiter
- Lounge
- mope
- poke
- shilly-shally
- tarry
- trifle
- fiddle (around)
- Hang around (around or out)
- monkey (around)
- Potter (around)
- hang around
- amble
- dally
- decelerate
- ease
- idle
- inch
- loaf
- loll
- timber
- mess around
- play
- plod
- saunter
- Shuffle
- stagger
- stroll
- Slow (down or up)
Nearest Words of filibuster
Definitions and Meaning of filibuster in English
filibuster (n)
a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
(law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
filibuster (v)
obstruct deliberately by delaying
filibuster (n.)
A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.
filibuster (v. i.)
To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices.
FAQs About the word filibuster
Filibuster
a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes, (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislat
delay,procrastinate,stall,temporize,crawl,creep,dawdle,swindle,dillydally,drag
accelerate,breeze,dart,gallop,hump,hurl,hustle,jog,run,scramble
filibeg => kilt, filiation => filiation, filiate => affiliate, filially => filially, filial love => Filial love,
