Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - filibuster

(filibusters, filibustering, filibustered) 1. A filibuster is a long slow speech made to use up time so that a vote cannot be taken and a law cannot be passed. (mainly AM) Senator Seymour has threatened a filibuster to block the bill. N-COUNT 2. If a politician filibusters, he or she makes a long slow speech in order to use up time so that a vote cannot be taken and a law cannot be passed. (mainly AM) They simply threatened to filibuster until the Senate adjourns... A group of senators plans to filibuster a measure that would permit drilling in Alaska. VERB: V, V n