0 present participle of filibuster
1 to make a long speech in order to delay or prevent a new law being made:
Conceivably, supporters of the law could filibuster to prevent it from being revised.
No more filibustering, nor rationalizing, nor excuse making.
It is not because we on this side are filibustering, but because we have a genuine fear that a mistake is being made here.
My recollection is that it is in accordance with permitted tradition to accuse political opponents of being obstructive and of filibustering.
I was grateful that he began by saying that he was not filibustering.
I am beginning to wonder if this is not filibustering.
I am not filibustering, but this raises a subject about which we have not been told sufficient; namely, the question of the penalty clauses.
No one makes any charge of filibustering on a matter of this kind.
They must be interested only in pure filibustering to frustrate legislation.
