• filibuster •
Printable Version Pronunciation: fi-lê-bê-stêr • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Meaning: 1. A pirate, buccaneer, a free-booter, or a sea-faring adventurer who lives outside the law. 2. A tactic peculiar to the US Senate whereby a speaker may refuse to yield the floor in a debate for as long as he or she can keep talking, thereby preventing a bill from coming to a vote.
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