Filibuster
Related Definitions
[n] a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
[n] a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
[v] obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation
Related Terms
address, after-dinner speech, allocution, be dilatory, chalk talk, cloture, committee consideration, constitute, debate, declamation, decree, deliberation, diatribe, division, enact, enact laws, eulogy, exhortation, filibusterer, filibustering, filing, fi