English to English
noun
- a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
source: WordNet 3.0
- (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
source: WordNet 3.0
- A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- obstruct deliberately by delaying
source: WordNet 3.0
- To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [filíbuster] Tulisang dagat
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
