filibuster
To take part in a private military action in a foreign countryTo take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
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» They are filibustering to prevent the bill from passing.
CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesTo take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
(intransitive, transitive)To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
filibustern, Obstruktion betreiben, verschleppen
- obstruct deliberately by delaying
Examples
3 sentencesThey are filibustering to prevent the bill from passing.
Furthermore, I believe that the filibuster must be destroyed.
I think filibusters are misused, and in an ideal world, we shouldn't have to resort to it.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish filibustero (“pirate”), from French flibustier, ultimately from DutcBorrowed from Spanish filibustero (“pirate”), from French flibustier, ultimately from Dutch vrijbuiter (“freebooter”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (“agent”). The alteration in the first syllable in French is due to the word's being somewhat conflated with vlieboot (“light, flat-bottomed cargo vessel with two or three masts”) when it was borrowed into French or another language from Dutch. The word is cognate and analogous to English freebooter.
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Forms
filibusters, filibustering, filibustered, filibustered| Base form | filibuster · to filibuster |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | filibusters |
| Present participle | filibustering |
| Past simple | filibustered |
| Past participle | filibustered |
irregular
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.